'President Trump’s actions violate our Constitution’s fundamental principle of checks and balances,' Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings said.
Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House oversight committee, has accused the Trump administration of engaging in"an unprecedented level of stonewalling, delay and obstruction."
"Let me underscore that point: The White House has not turned over a single piece of paper to our committee or made a single official available for testimony during the 116th Congress," Cummings said. "Instead, the White House offered to let us read—but not keep—a few pages of policy documents that have nothing to do with the officials we are investigating, along with a general briefing on those policies during which they will answer no questions about specific employees," Cummings said.
He added that the White House has also refused to produce any documents or witnesses in response to other investigations being carried out by the oversight committee, including probes on White House officials' alleged use of personal email and allegations that the president may have violated the Presidential Records Act with the destruction of documents.
For example, the White House under George W. Bush handed over more than 20,000 pages on Hurricane Katrina, the oversight committee chairman said. The Obama White House produced"many documents and emails" relating to the Solyndra controversy, "as well as witnesses and documents regarding the Benghazi, Libya, attacks, including communication between top White House officials and National Security Council staff.
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