whitaker having served as acting attorney general for a short time. but if the federal prosecutors who have already accused the president of being implicated in two felonies are now today revealed to be pursuing additional criminal investigations that also relate to the president, then any potential effort by the president to mess with that u.s. attorney s office, that may quickly become one of the most important stories in the whole country. particularly if the felonies already prosecuted by that office against cohen are about to maetastasize into serious trouble for the president, for his business and for his family. i want to focus my questions on the smoking gun document you have provided this committee. this document is compelling evidence of federal and state crimes, including financial fraud. you provided this committee with a check from president donald j. trump s revocable trust account which is marked as exhibit 5-b.
president of being implicated in two felonies are now today revealed to be pursuing additional criminal investigations that also relate to the president, then any potential effort by the president to mess with that u.s. attorney s office, that may quickly become one of the most important stories in the whole country. particularly if the felonies already prosecuted by that office against cohen are about to metastasize into serious trouble for the president and for his business and for his family. i want to focus my questions on the smoking gun document you have provided this committee. this document is compelling evidence of federal and state crimes, including financial fraud. you provided this committee with a check from president donald j. trump s revocable trust account which is marked as exhibit 5-b. it is a check for $35,000, and it is dated march 17th, 2017, after the president took office.