district attorney bragg claims the former president misrepresented the payments as legal services. a fact, his attorney did pay daniels. top house republicans are again demanding that bragg hand over documents related to the investigation and testify in person on friday of this week. house oversight chair james comer calls the case a political stunt and says alvin bragg cannot defy congress. unfortunately for mr. bragg he doesn t have the luxury to determine whether or not he can comply with congressional requests. if there was a reason for prosecution, it should be done by the department of justice on the federal level. we believe it s a political stunt by mr. bragg. when you look at what we believe the role of the manhattan d.a. should be is to fight crime. harris: with this will they or won t they indict tumble phase dragging on some watching this unfold say it is all helping trump. i think this is a colossal mistake if they bring these charges. it is not going
now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. status check. the banking regulator in china wants a report card on overseas acquisitions. kazakhstan is strapping in for what could be a fast ride on china s one belt, one road expansion. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it s a friday. i m sharanjit leyl. china s banking regulator has ordered a group of lenders to assess the exposure to offshore acquisitions by a handful of companies on a buy spree overseas. they are some of china s largest, like hna and fulson. i spoke to our shanghai correspondent asking why authorities are so worried. there are two elements to this. they see the acquisitions, a vast 235 billion us dollars last year, they see it as giving a risk to the currency. they don t want that level of capital out of there. and they are worried about big chinese conglomerates raising money in this country. there is a big worry about debt overall in
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