wire and collecting evidence without any judicial safeguards. a lot of people were wondering whether the president was able to discharge his duties in light of pressuring him or asking him to drop the investigation into michael flynn and later on saying the firing was because of the russia investigation. you also serve on the house oversite committee. yes. they say attorneys representing president trump might have actually given your committee false information to stormy daniels. will she ploou to see the documents behind that painting? possibly. i think he has made it very
it s top democrat is eager to investigate everything from white house security clearances to private aircraft travel by cabinet officials. he also plans to look into who is benefiting from foreign leaders staying at trump s hotels. we want to look and see exactly what s happening, how much money is actually going into his pocket. and whether try to make a determination whether he s making decisions in the interest of the american people or his own bottom line. reporter: cummings says it s time to cut through the b.s. and get to the facts. president donald trump now officially on notice. randi kaye, cnn new york. a whole new world for him politically, i spoke about it just before air time with jerry connelley, now in the majority on the house oversite committee. your party is now in power, you sit on a very important committee. what is your first priority in terms of exercising oversight on
cabinet officials. he also plans to look into who is benefiting from foreign leaders staying at trump s hotels. we want to look and see exactly what s happening, how much money is actually going into his pocket. and whether try to make a determination whether he s making decisions in the interest of the american people or his own bottom line. reporter: cummings says it s time to cut through the b.s. and get to the facts. president donald trump now officially on notice. randi kaye, cnn new york. a whole new world for him politically, i spoke about it just before air time with jerry connelley, now in the majority on the house oversite committee. your party is now in power, you sit on a very important committee. what is your first priority in terms of exercising oversight on the president and the administration? we have about 64 outstanding subpoena requests that cover the
that can happen. i know that not talking to just the are we natural resources committee that they are planning on bringing these up over and over again. they have fot benot been able t these questions answered. and some of the white house staff have told my colleague there is a list of about six cabinet members they might push out to clean house before 2020 so that these cabinet members don t distract and bring down. even if they do that the house oversite committee will still bring these people in. if some go away the scandals will be buried. it doesn t matter. i was talking to someone yesterday saying even if people with gone we have to make sure the oversite is there and policy changes that need to happen are made so you can expect they will relive all of these and bring these people back in even if
pain more of a professional campaign. the russia investigation appearing to be a what impact it could have. here to talk about it former chairman of the republican naugsal committee and nancy cook. nancy, it is interesting because so many democrats, so many trump critics seem to be following every incountkre mental develop. russia doesn t seem to be as prominent. yeah. i think for a lot of democrats they don t want to sort of overplay their hand. i think privately there is a real interest in taking back the house. i think if that happens the democratic controlled house