The lawmakers on Monday cited “profound national security, counterintelligence, and foreign policy concerns.”
By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow March 4 at 2:35 PM The chairmen of three House committees on Monday wrote letters to the White House and the State Department requesting documents on President Trump’s communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing “profound national security, counterintelligence, and foreign policy concerns.
In their letters, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff , Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel and Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings made note of media reports that Trump has sought to conceal the details of his communications with Putin. “Congress has a constitutional duty to conduct oversight over the Department and the White House to determine, among other things, the impact of those communications on U.S. foreign policy, whether federal officials, including President Trump, have acted in the national interest, and whether the applicable laws, regulations, and agency procedures . . . have been complied with and remain sufficient,” they said in the letter.
Schiff, Cummings and Engel sent a letter to Mulvaney last month requesting information on whether Trump destroyed information regarding his meetings with Putin, but the three chairmen said they did not receive a reply.
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