Dems demand House probe into Trump’s conflicts of interest

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Democrats on Monday demanded that the House Oversight Committee investigate possible conflicts of interest between President-elect Trump and the businesses he still runs, and complained that Republicans have been ignoring these issues even though they chased similar questions when they related to Hillary Clinton.

“You acted with unprecedented urgency to hold ’emergency’ hearings and issue multiple unilateral subpoenas to investigate Secretary Clinton before the election,” they wrote in a letter to Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. “We ask that … you show the same sense of urgency now.”

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