by Jim Heath | May 10, 2019 | Congress, Headlines
A House committee issued subpoenas today ordering Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig to turn over President Trump’s tax returns by next Friday at 5 p.m. House Ways and Means Chair Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)...
by Jim Heath | May 10, 2019 | courts, Headlines
Congress and Donald Trump’s fight over his financial records is now on the fast track. Judge Amit Mehta plans next week to weigh the major legal issues raised in Trump’s challenge of a congressional subpoena for his accounting firm’s records,...
by Jim Heath | May 6, 2019 | Congress, Headlines
The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote on Wednesday to recommend that the House hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for Robert Mueller’s full report and evidence. The contempt vote would raise the stakes in a...
by Jim Heath | May 5, 2019 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
President Trump today said special counsel Robert Mueller should not testify on the findings of his probe into Russian election interference, in contrast to his statements two days ago that he didn’t have a problem with it. Trump said Mueller had found no...
by Jim Heath | Apr 24, 2019 | Constitution, Headlines
President Trump, more unhinged on Twitter than ever, today said he would turn to the Supreme Court if the House moves to impeach him, though it is unclear what role the nation’s highest court could play if Trump were to seek its help in such a situation. Trump claimed...
