The White House rejected congressional Democrats’ demands for documents relating to Donald Trump’s private discussions with Vladimir Putin
Democrats argue that despite some precedents that protect the privacy of a president’s conversations with foreign leaders, Trump’s interactions with Putin might determine whether the Kremlin has “leverage” over the U.S. president.
Lawmakers openly acknowledge the difficulty of obtaining such sensitive information from an executive branch that has vowed to fight Democratic oversight demands, but they’re moving methodically to make their case.with House General Counsel Douglas Letter about the best ways to legally compel information about Trump’s private conversations with Putin.
Schiff, Engel and Cummings released a joint statement later Thursday condemning the White House for what they called its “troubling pattern ... of rejecting legitimate and necessary congressional oversight with no regard for precedent or the Constitution.” They also said the Obama administration produced documents about the then-president’s conversations with foreign heads of state, adding: “President Trump’s decision to break with this precedent raises the question of what he has to hide.
The chairmen have not ruled out the possibility of issuing subpoenas, and Democrats have in the past demanded to speak with the State Department interpreter who was present for some of Trump’s private conversations with Putin.
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