), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, presided over a hearing to elicit Michael Cohen’s testimony and begin what we think will be months of revelations about President Trump’s financial shenanigans, lies, corruption, conflicts of interest and simple incompetence. We got a peek on Wednesday of the extent of possible financial crimes including bank and insurance fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to violate campaign finance law. (On the latter, Cummings sent out a letter demanding the White House comply with a request for information relating to security clearance procedures. which they’ve be trying to get a hold of for a couple of years. The highlight of the week may have been his concluding remarks at the Cohen hearing:For all that we can say, well done, Mr. Chairman.

Source: Washington Post March 03, 2019 12:45 UTC