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Democrats to bedevil Trump with probes, subpoenas if midterms go their way
More of the same, except they'll be in charge.[Washington Times] They may have trouble legislating, but congressional Democrats are already drawing up plans for investigating if they score big gains in the midterm elections Tuesday. It’s one area where vast changes are guaranteed if Democrats reclaim at least one chamber of Congress ‐ the committees investigating President Trump’s Russia ties, finances and ethics questions will have a much different focus than they did under Republican control. House Democrats said the investigation into Russian election-meddling and Mr. Trump’s campaign focused just as much on Justice Department overreach and FBI bias. They said they will reopen the inquiry into Mr. Trump’s campaign that their Republican counterparts largely declared closed. Among the targets: The notorious June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between top Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer, the president’s tax returns and Mr. Trump’s personal and commercial ties to Russian interests. Although Mr. Trump repeatedly denies any wrongdoing, questions about Russia’s election meddling has been a constant headache for the president in his first two years in office. To date, 32 people and three companies, including four former aides of Mr. Trump, have been indicted or pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-11-02 |
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