House Oversight Dems accuse James Comer of obstructing probe into Trump finances
The House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats published a nearly 200-page report Thursday detailing what they uncovered in an over two-year investigation into cash Donald Trump brought into his businesses while president — but they said their efforts were stymied by the committee chair.
"The limited records obtained by the Oversight Dems for just 4 of the 500+ businesses Trump owned while he was President reveal they collected payments from these foreign governments," they said with a photo of flags that include China, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Malaysia, U.A.E. Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Albania, Hungary, Cyprus, Latvia, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Mongolia and Kuwait.
Amid their probe, power changed hands, the committee continued in its statement.
According to a statement from the Democrats, when Republicans came into office, new chairman, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), who obstructed them at every turn.
lawyers to bury further evidence, blocking from discovering additional documents.
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"Comer prevented Oversight Democrats from finding out how many more foreign governments made unconstitutional payments to Donald Trump, including payments from: Azerbaijan, Russia, South Korea, Georgia, Nambia, Romania, Costa Rica, South Africa and Brazil," it read.
As chairman, the Dems said that Comer colluded with Trump's lawyer and "we don’t yet know the full extent of the foreign payments that Trump received — or even the total number of countries that paid his businesses while he was President."
They accuse Trump of using the presidency to "cash in" while he "trampled the Constitution" and "sold out the American people to at least 20 foreign powers — and the GOP helped him conceal the evidence."