Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other lawmakers appeared to set the stage for House Democrats to further investigate President Donald Trump’s business dealings and subpoena his tax returns during a hearing with his former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen. As part of her allotted questioning time, Ocasio-Cortez pressed Cohen on how the committee could find out more about Trump’s alleged criminality. “Do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them,” the lawmaker asked, referring to the president’s tax history, which has not yet been made public. “What did the president ask or suggest you say about the payments or reimbursements?” Hill asked. Cohen responded that he was told to say Trump “was not knowledgeable of these reimbursements and he wasn’t knowledgeable of my actions.”

Source: Huffington Post February 28, 2019 00:53 UTC