More than a month after lawyers for President Trump’s company asked the president of Panama to intervene in a legal fight over the Trump hotel there, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has asked Trump and his business to explain why it happened. “Will you commit to President Varela . The Trump Organization’s lawyers wrote to Varela on March 22, in the middle of a sometimes-bizarre battle over the Trump International Hotel in Panama City. But even after the name came down, the Trump Organization fought to be reinstated, saying it had a valid contract. Menendez asked the Commerce Department and the U.S. Embassy in Panama if either had communicated with the Panamanian government — or with Trump’s company — about the Trump lawyers’ letter.

Source: Washington Post May 11, 2018 10:04 UTC