Josh Kovensky is a reporter for Talking Points Memo in New York City. He previously worked for the Kyiv Post in Ukraine, covering politics, business, and corruption there. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago.
The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed former White House communications director Hope Hicks and ex-White House counsel staffer Annie Donaldson on Tuesday.
When D.C. federal judge Amit Mehta upheld a Congressional subpoena into President Trump’s accounting firm on Monday, he made the first real chip in the wall that Trump has built against Congressional oversight.
On Tuesday morning, President Trump said he would appeal a Monday decision from a D.C. federal judge that upheld a Congressional subpoena to his longtime accounting firm.
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow knew Michael Cohen lied in 2017 congressional testimony about the dates of the President’s involvement in the Trump Tower Moscow project, Cohen told lawmakers in March of this year, according to a newly released transcript of his Congressional testimony.
A D.C. federal judge on Monday denied a request from President Trump’s personal attorneys to halt the enforcement of a subpoena from Congress to the President’s longtime accounting firm.
The Treasury Department confirmed Friday it would not comply with a congressional subpoena for the President’s personal and business tax returns, setting the stage for a high-profile court battle.
