House Democrats on Monday launched investigations into dozens of current and former associates of President Trump, including his two sons and several former officials.
The letters followed a weekend warning from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., who said Trump has tried to obstruct justice and must be investigated further.
Monday morning, Nadler’s committee sent 81 letters that include document requests to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, Trump’s two sons. The letters asked for a reply by March 18.
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Nadler said in his letters that the committee will investigate “a number of actions that threaten our nation’s longstanding commitment to the rule of law, including allegations of obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power.” He added the probe is needed in the face of allegations against Trump that “strike at the heart of our constitutional order.”
Others who were sent letters are former White House counsel Don McGahn, former communications director Hope Hicks, White House advisor Jared Kushner, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, and former adviser Steve Bannon.
Nadler said Sunday the investigations would cover Trump’s effort to protect his associates from being investigated by the FBI, and to blunt the FBI’s effort to investigate Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia.
Most of Nadler’s letters focused on the same issues regardless of who gets the letters. He asked for documents and information related to Flynn’s communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak or related to Flynn’s resignation, and documents related to Trump’s interactions with former FBI director James Comey throughout early 2017 up to Comey’s firing in May 2017.
The committee asked about any discussions the people had on the possible resignation or firing of Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein, and Robert Mueller. It also asked about details about the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, and any foreign contacts during and after the campaign, including with Russia and/or Wikileaks.
The committee is also after information related to efforts to fire Justice Department officials like Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and Bruce Ohr.
Several questions were asked about any foreign business dealings, including the proposed Trump Tower Moscow business project and any contacts they may have had with Wikileaks or with Russia.
Finally, the committee wants to know about any discussions of pardons for Manafort,
And they were interested in any discussions of pardons for Manafort, Flynn, or former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, and possible documentation of President Trump’s meetings with Vladimir Putin in 2017 and 2018.
The full list of people and entities who got letters and document requests from Nadler follow:
1. Alan Garten
2. Alexander Nix
3. Allen Weisselberg
4. American Media Inc.
5. Antatoli Samochornov
6. Andrew Intrater
7. Annie Donaldson
8. Brad Parscale
9. Brittany Kaiser
10. Cambridge Analytica
11. Carter Page
12. Columbus Nova
13. Concord Management and Consulting
14. Corey Lewandowski
15. David Pecker
16. The Department of Justice
17. Don McGahn
18. Donald J Trump Revocable Trust
19. Donald Trump Jr.
20. Dylan Howard
21. Eric Trump
22. Erik Prince
23. The FBI
24. Felix Sater
25. Flynn Intel Group
26. General Services Administration
27. George Nader
28. George Papadopoulos
29. Hope Hicks
30. Irakly Kaveladze
31. Jared Kushner
32. Jason Maloni
33. Jay Sekulow
34. Jeff Sessions
35. Jerome Corsi
36. John Szobocsan
37. Julian Assange
38. Julian David Wheatland
39. Keith Davidson
40. KT McFarland
41. Mark Corallo
42. Matt Tait
43. Matthew Calamari
44. Michael Caputo
45. Michael Cohen
46. Michael Flynn
47. Michael Flynn Jr.
48. Paul Erickson
49. Paul Manafort
50. Peter Smith
51. Randy Credico
52. Reince Priebus
53. Rhona Graff
54. Rinat Akhmetshin
55. Rob Goldstone
56. Roger Stone
57. Ronald Lieberman
58. Sam Nunberg
59. SCL Group Limited
60. Sean Spicer
61. Sheri Dillon
62. Stefan Passantino
63. Steve Bannon
64. Ted Malloch
65. The White House
66. The Trump Campaign
67. Trump Foundation
68. Trump Organization
69. Trump Transition
70. Viktor Vekselberg
71. WikiLeaks
72. The Presidential Inaugural Committee
73. Christopher Bancroft Burnham
74. Frontier Services Group
75. J.D. Gordon
76. Kushner Companies
77. National Rifle Association
78. Rick Gates
79. Tom Barrack
80. Tom Bossert
81. Tony Fabrizio
