In their letters, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) and Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) made note of media reports that Trump has sought to conceal the details of his communications with Putin. If those reports are true, Trump’s actions “undermine the proper functioning of government,” the lawmakers said in their letters, which were sent to Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), whose panel is spearheading the broader document request, is seeking similar records. As a result of Trump’s pattern of shielding his communications with Putin, there is no detailed record of his face-to-face interactions with the Russian leader at five locations over the past two years, according to U.S. officials.

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2019 19:30 UTC