Trump's sons and scores of others receive document requests from House committee
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee investigating President Trump over allegations of obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power issued document requests Monday to his two eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, as well as to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The document requests sent to Trump’s kin are among 81 subpoenas issued by the House panel. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, announced the request for documents Monday and gave the recipients two weeks to comply with the request.
Today, @HouseJudiciary unveiled the first steps of an investigation into the alleged corruption, obstruction, and other abuses of power by President Trump, his associates, and members of his Administration. https://t.co/zBc8s0IhLX
— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) March 4, 2019
“Over the last several years, President Trump has evaded accountability for his near-daily attacks on our basic legal, ethical and constitutional rules and norms,” Nadler said in a statement. “Investigating these threats to the rule of law is an obligation of Congress and a a core function of the House Judiciary Committee.”
Some of the other recipients are well-known names, including American Media Inc., the owner of the National Enquirer, and its CEO, David Pecker; former White House counsel Don McGahn; Trump’s 2020 campaign chief Brad Parscale; former Attorney General Jeff Sessions; and Trump advisers and former associates including Hope Hicks, Corey Lewandowski and Sam Nunberg. Julian Assange of Wikileaks is on the list, as well as Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, convicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and the recently indicted Roger Stone.
Others are relatively unknown to the public. Here is the full list of who received a document request on Monday:
1. Alan Garten – general counsel for the Trump Organization
2. Alexander Nix — former chief of Cambridge Analytica
3. Allen Weisselberg — chief financial officer for the Trump Organization
4. American Media Inc
5. Anatoli Samochornov — translator who attended June 2016 Trump Tower meeting
6. Andrew Intrater — head of investment company Columbus Nova
7. Annie Donaldson — former deputy White House counsel
8. Brad Parscale
9. Brittany Kaiser — former Cambridge Analytica executive
10. Cambridge Analytica
11. Carter Page
12. Columbus Nova
13. Concord Management and Consulting
14. Corey Lewandowski
15. David Pecker
16. Department of Justice
17. Don McGahn
18. Donald J Trump Revocable Trust
19. Donald Trump Jr.
20. Dylan Howard — vice president American Media Inc.
21. Eric Trump
22. Erik Prince
23. Federal Bureau of Investigation
24. Felix Sater
25. Flynn Intel Group
26. General Services Administration
27. George Nader — Lebanese-American businessman
28. George Papadopoulos
29. Hope Hicks
30. Irakly Kaveladze — Attended 2016 Trump Tower meeting
31. Jared Kushner
32. Jason Maloni — former Paul Manafort spokesman
33. Jay Sekulow
34. Jeff Sessions
35. Jerome Corsi
36. John Szobocsan — associate of Peter Smith
37. Julian Assange
38. Julian David Wheatland — CEO, Cambridge Analytica
39. Keith Davidson — former lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal
40. KT McFarland
41. Mark Corallo — former spokesman for Trump legal team
42. Matt Tait
43. Matthew Calamari — longtime bodyguard to Trump
44. Michael Caputo
45. Michael Cohen
46. Michael Flynn
47. Michael Flynn Jr
48. Paul Erickson — Republican operative and boyfriend to Maria Butina
49. Paul Manafort
50. Peter Smith (Estate)
51. Randy Credico
52. Reince Priebus
53. Rhona Graff — Executive assistant to Trump
54. Rinat Akhmetshin — Russian-American lobbyist who attended June 2016 Trump Tower meeting
55. Rob Goldstone
56. Roger Stone
57. Ronald Lieberman
58. Sam Nunberg
59. SCL Group Limited — parent company of Cambridge Analytica
60. Sean Spicer
61. Sheri Dillon — tax attorney for Trump
62. Stefan Passantino — former White House deputy counsel
63. Steve Bannon
64. Ted Malloch — London-based academic with ties to Nigel Farage
65. The White House
66. Trump Campaign
67. Trump Foundation
68. Trump Organization
69. Trump Transition
70. Viktor Vekselberg — Russian businessman
71. Wikileaks
72. 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee
73. Christopher Bancroft Burnham — businessman with ties to Russia
74. Frontier Services Group — Africa-focused security company run by Erik Prince
75. J.D. Gordon — National security adviser to Trump
76. Kushner Companies
77. NRA
78. Rick Gates
79. Tom Barrack
80. Tom Bossert — former Homeland Security adviser
81.Tony Fabrizio — Republican pollster
Asked Monday whether he would cooperate with the Judiciary Committee document requests to the White House, his presidential campaign and businesses, the president replied: “I cooperate all the time with everybody.”
Having retaken control of the House of Representatives following the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats have shown little hesitation about exercising their oversight role. Last week, the new chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., marked the opening of testimony by Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen with a rebuke for the Republicans who once controlled it.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the days of this committee protecting the president at all costs are over,” Cummings said.
With Democrats now able to subpoena records and testimony from Trump’s family members and business associates, the president has done his best to portray the investigations as partisan overreach.
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