House Oversight Committee Democrats want to subpoena the Defense Department for documents that may show former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort promised a top job to a banker in exchange for a significant loan.
Oversight ranking member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., sent a request Wednesday to panel Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., requesting he subpoena the Pentagon for records related to the matter that Cummings said have been withheld from Congress.
Cummings requested the records from the Department one month ago and has not received them.
According to media reports, special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether Manafort promised banker Stephen Calk he’d be nominated Secretary of the Army in exchange for millions in loans.
“To date, DOD has not produced any of the requested documents or information and has not provided a timeline for when it intends to produce the documents we requested,” Cummings wrote to Gowdy.
“If you decide not to issue this subpoena yourself, then we ask that you place this matter on the agenda for our next regularly scheduled business meeting so all Committee members will have the opportunity to vote on a motion for this subpoena.”
