Himes sits on both the Intelligence and Financial Services Committees, while Velazquez sits on Financial Services. Ramos' ruling came two days after another federal judge in Washington upheld a separate congressional subpoena seeking financial documents dating back to 2011 from Trump accounting firm Mazars USA. DEMS FUME AS FORMER WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL SKIPS HEARINGThe White House has aggressively pushed back against Democrat-led investigations in the wake of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, saying Democrats simply want a "do-over" of Mueller's lengthy investigation that ultimately found no evidence of any Trump-Russia collusion. Trump this week blocked former White House lawyer Don McGhan, a central figure in Mueller's report, from appearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Some congressional Republicans have also characterized the subpoenas as an abuse of authority and blasted the Trump-focused investigations.

Source: Fox News May 24, 2019 03:50 UTC