More Interviews to Come

News  |  Mar 1, 2019

House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) says anyone Michael Cohen mentioned by name during Wednesday's hearing who might have relevant information or corroborating evidence could get a call to come interview. 

In addition to Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, whom the House Intelligence Committee already plans to callDonald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, are at the top of that list. 

Politico:

“All you have to do is follow the transcript. If there are names that were mentioned or records that were mentioned during the hearing, we want to take a look at all of that,” Cummings told reporters.

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“They have a good chance of hearing from us — at least an interview,” Cummings added. “We’ll go through it, we’ll figure out who we want to talk to, and we’ll bring them in.”

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The president’s former attorney and fixer also said Trump Jr. knew more about the negotiations surrounding the Trump Tower Moscow project than Trump Jr. had led investigators to believe. He also said Ivanka Trump was briefed about the talks ... 

Axios:

Cohen also claimed that he briefed Trump Jr. and Ivanka about Trump Tower Moscow approximately 10 times, though Trump Jr. testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2017 that he was only "peripherally aware" of the project.

Politico:

“They are people who can put meat on the flesh to what Michael Cohen offered. They are people who know intimately the details of the Trump personality and business,” Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), a member of the Oversight Committee, said. “And I think it’s important to follow up on what Michael Cohen said with those people.”

Axios:

Other names that Cohen mentioned include Trump's longtime assistant Rhona Graff, now-indicted adviser Roger Stone, former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, personal Trump attorneys Jay Sekulow and Rudy Giuliani, and several others at the Trump Organization.

Politico:

Cummings said it’s possible that some of the information gleaned from Cohen’s testimony would fall under the purview of other House committees that have launched their own investigations into the president. He said the chairs of those committees — Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Judiciary, and others — meet at least once a week to “try to figure out who’s doing what.”

House Oversight seeks interviews with Ivanka Trump, Don Jr. (Politico)

Cummings: House Oversight will seek interviews with Trump Jr., Ivanka (Axios)