The battle will shape how much material House Democrats will be able to obtain on the president’s policies and personal finances.
By Tom Hamburger , Tom Hamburger Investigative reporter focused on the intersection of money and politics in Washington Email Bio Follow Karoun Demirjian , Karoun Demirjian Congressional reporter focusing on national security Email Bio Follow Josh Dawsey and Josh Dawsey Reporter covering the White House Email Bio Follow Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow April 16 at 8:43 PM President Trump’s attorneys and the White House are moving to resist a growing number of...
On Monday, Trump’s private attorneys warned his accounting firm not to comply with a subpoena from the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Separately, two other House committees issued subpoenas to several banks Monday for information about Trump’s finances — drastically ratcheting up the stakes for the president, who is particularly angry about efforts to pry into his business, aides said.Rudolph W.
“This is clearly going to take time to resolve — the question is how long,” said Mark Gitenstein, who served as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1980s. One key test came in 2007, when a House panel sought information from then-White House counsel Harriet Miers about President George W. Bush’s efforts to fire U.S. attorneys. The White House objected to her providing information, citing executive privilege, and it was two years before she was required to testify.
House Democrats believe that their demands for information from the president’s banks and accounting firms could move much faster. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings , chairman of the Oversight Committee, called the letter “the latest attempt by the President and his companies to throw the kitchen sink at Congress to prevent us from obtaining critical information as part of our constitutional oversight responsibilities.”
Deutsche Bank said in a statement that it is “engaged in a productive dialogue” with the House committees. “We remain committed to providing appropriate information to all authorized investigations in a manner consistent with our legal obligations,” the bank said.The Trump Organization declined to comment. But a person close to the company on Tuesday called the subpoenas for the president’s financial information “a new low” and said they set “a dangerous precedent.
Two former House counsels said House Democrats have a good shot at winning since they could cut Trump’s lawyers out of the equation entirely. The Democrats’ strategy to try to compel the production of information has developed over the past several months in close consultation with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , according to people familiar with the plan. Each panel has been urged to develop a clear legal predicate for its inquiry and give the administration and related entities multiple chances to comply with their requests.
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