The Democrat-led House Oversight and Reform Committee wants to pore over 10 years of President Donald Trump’s financial records — and the panel’s top Republicans are furious, Politico reported.
According to Trump allies GOP Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mark Meadows of North Carolina, the committee asked tax and accounting firm Mazars USA for documents, particularly looking for those related to Trump’s 2014 effort to bid on the Buffalo Bills, Politico reported.
Former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen told the panel last month Trump inflated his personal net worth by $4 billion as he looked into the purchase of the NFL team — a deal that never materialized.
Jordan and Meadows fired off a letter to panel chair, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., alleging the request “appears to depart from responsible and legitimate oversight,” and is intended “solely to embarrass President Trump and to advance the relentless Democrat attacks upon the Trump administration.”
“We should not waste our limited resources and energies on matters that do not improve the operations of the federal government or better the lives of our constituents,” Jordan and Meadows wrote, calling Cummings’ investigation “an ill-conceived inquiry into the finances of President Trump when he was a private citizen.”
According to Politico, the lawmakers sent a separate letter to Victor Wahba, the chairman and chief executive officer of Mazars USA, asserting Cummings didn’t consult with the GOP side of the panel committee before asking for the documents.
“They complain about everything I do,” a dismissive Cummings told Politico. “We’re just seeking the truth.”
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