House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz leaves a Republican conference meeting with Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Capitol Hill on Nov. 17. ), made a similar request to Chaffetz. “You have the authority to launch a committee investigation, and we are calling on you to use that power now,” Cummings and 16 other Democrats wrote. Chaffetz has not publicly addressed how he intends to handle questions about Trump’s business dealings. In an interview with the Daily Caller earlier this month, Chaffetz said it was his panel’s “job and responsibility .

Source: Washington Post November 28, 2016 20:19 UTC