David Morgan
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Ex-Trump aide Hicks to testify behind closed doors to U.S. House investigators
Hope Hicks, once a close aide and communications director for President Donald Trump, will become on Wednesday the first member of his inner circle to testify to the congressional panel leading a probe into possible obstruction of justice by Trump. → Read More
Ex-Trump aide Hicks agrees to hand over campaign documents to Congress
Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, once a close aide to President Donald Trump, has agreed to turn over documents related to his 2016 election campaign to congressional investigators, a top Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday. → Read More
Mnuchin rejects subpoena for Trump tax returns
Steven Mnuchin defied a congressional subpoena seeking six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns on Friday, all but guaranteeing a federal court battle with Congress over the records. → Read More
More contempt citations coming for Trump advisers
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said lawmakers may bundle numerous contempt citations from different committees into a single resolution that the full House of Representatives could then vote on. → Read More
U.S. House committee prepares contempt vote against Barr
A U.S. House panel was poised to vote on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena that demanded the full, unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller. → Read More
Defying Congress, Attorney General Barr to skip Mueller hearing
William Barr will not attend a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday on his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report, said panel Chairman Jerrold Nadler, accusing Barr of being afraid to testify. → Read More
Democrats to press star witness of Mueller report to repeat performance in Congress
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald McGahn, the former White House counsel described in the Mueller report as repeatedly standing up to President Donald Trump, could become a star witness again if congressional Democrats get → Read More
IRS fails to meet congressional deadline to hand over Trump tax returns
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday failed to meet a congressional deadline for turning over President Donald Trump's tax returns to lawmakers, setting the stage for a court battle between Congress and the administration. The outcome, which was widely expected, could prompt House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal to subpoena Trump's… → Read More
Showdown: Final Deadline for Release of Trump Tax Returns
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service faced a final deadline on Tuesday for handing over President Donald Trump's tax returns to Democrats in Congress, in a showdown that could → Read More
White House, Justice Department officials discussed Mueller report ahead of release
White House lawyers had talks with U.S. Justice Department officials in recent days about the conclusions in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report, aiding them in preparing for its release, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. → Read More
House panel OKs move to give Congress records of FBI probes against Trump
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a resolution directing the Justice Department to give Congress all records on FBI obstruction of justice or counterintelligence probes against President Donald Trump. → Read More
Jared Kushner is cooperating with U.S. House obstruction of justice probe
President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is cooperating with a wide-ranging probe by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee into Trump and possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power. → Read More
Senior Republican Says Democrats Are Unlikely to Get Access to Evidence from Mueller Probe
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Justice Department is unlikely to grant Democrats in Congress access to underlying evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, → Read More
Double Whammy: House Democrats To Use Mueller Filing In Russia Investigation
Newly empowered Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to use court documents from Robert Mueller's Russia probe to conduct hearings on President Donald Trump without waiting for the special counsel's final report, according to lawmakers and aides. → Read More
House Democrats question IRS audits of Trump taxes
Democrats in Congress raised questions on Thursday about the Internal Revenue Service's ability to effectively audit President Donald Trump's tax returns, as they began hearings intended to result in obtaining the documents and making them public. → Read More
House panel will take action on universal background check for gun buyers bill
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that would require universal background checks for gun buyers, the panel's Democratic chairman said on Thursday. → Read More
Democrats to target Trump's audit claims while getting his tax returns
Congressional Democrats exploring ways to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns may target the adequacy of the Internal Revenue Service audit that Trump often cites as his reason for not making the returns public, according to sources familiar with the matter. → Read More
CBO Finds the Economy Lost About $11 Billion During Trump Shutdown
Overall, the U.S. economy lost about $11 billion during the five-week period, CBO said. However, CBO expects $8 billion to be recovered as the government reopens and employees receive back pay. → Read More
Giuliani says Trump pursued Moscow tower throughout ’16, raising questions
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower bearing his name in Moscow throughout 2016, his attorney said on Sunday, raising new questions for congressional investigators → Read More
Report that Trump told lawyer to lie to Congress draws House inquiry
Two leading Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives promised to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump's dealings with his personal lawyer Michael Cohen after a media report said Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress in violation of U.S. law. → Read More