House Dems Plan To Probe Trump Involvement In Hush Payments

Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler of New York speaks, standing with Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee, during a press conference on Capitol Hill to introduce Bill H.R. 5476, the “Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Protection Act”. On Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington DC, United States. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto)
Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler of New York speaks, standing with Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee, during a press conference on Capitol Hill to introduce Bill H.R. 5476, the Special Co... Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler of New York speaks, standing with Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee, during a press conference on Capitol Hill to introduce Bill H.R. 5476, the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Protection Act. On Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington DC, United States. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MORE LESS

House Democrats have already started looking into President Trump’s involvement in hush payments made to at least two women who alleged affairs with Trump during the 2016 campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday evening. 

In September, Democrats sent records requests related to the payments to the Trump Organizations. Now, on the heels of winning back the majority in the House, Democrats plan to “dig in deeper” to look at Trump’s role in the agreements or knowledge of the payments, a Democratic aide on the House Oversight Committee told the WSJ.

The news follows a bombshell report from the WSJ last week, which found that Trump was aware and involved in nearly every step of the process to pay porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen MacDougal to keep quiet about their alleged affairs with Trump. If Democrats find the reporting to be true, it could mean Trump may have knowingly violated campaign finance laws, which Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) — who will likely head the House Judiciary Committee next year — called an impeachable offense this weekend.

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  1. We’re gonna need a bigger prison…

  2. House Dems Plan To Probe Trump Involvement In Hush Payments

    Telling the enemy what your plans are is not always the best idea.

  3. I think they should start with misuse of the military for political purposes - haven’t heard a single thing about the invading hordes since election day, and since they are still almost 1000 miles away I am pretty sure those troops will be recalled before the few stragglers finally arrive. No president has ever used the military like this, and it is something that would resonate with a lot of people.

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