Elijah Cummings Demands Records From Intel Leaders On Trump-Russia Talks
Cummings Is Demanding Records On Trump’s Obstruction Of Justice In Russia Probe.
Following the revelation that Donald Trump asked his top intelligence officials to publically push back on the FBI’s Russia investigation, the top Democrat in the House Oversight Committee is demanding to see documents.
Congressman Elijah Cummings has asked intelligence leaders to provide any documentation of their conversations with Donald Trump about the ongoing Russia investigations.
Cummings, who is the House Oversight Committee ranking member, on Tuesday, sent separate letters to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency (NSA) Director Mike Rogers requesting any records of their conversations with Trump about the ongoing congressional or federal investigations related to Russian election interference.
In his request, Cummings asked for “all documents, communications, memoranda, notes, and recordings” related to conversations that the president or any White House staffer had with them or members of their agencies relating to investigations “involving Russia, the 2016 presidential election, or any individuals affiliated with the president’s campaign.”
It was previously reported that Trump had separately asked both Coats and Rogers to publicly deny that evidence exists of collusion during the 2016 election. Both declined Trump’s request.
According to multiple press reports, Rogers documented in an internal memo penned by a senior official at the NSA.
Trump made the requests after former FBI Director James Comey publically announced an ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign’s collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.
