Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Belsi” that former President Donald Trump asked oil company executives for $1 billion in donations during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago. He said there was “obvious quid pro quo” in doing so. Resort last month.
The White House said, “The problem we have is a little bit like the House. When we issue subpoenas, like the Judiciary Committee did to pay Judge Thomas, Republicans don’t enforce the subpoenas.” So I’m hoping that happens because the House won’t comply with the subpoena. It will take a lot of preparation work to prepare for the day when subpoenas can be executed without winning. It’s not like we’re losing a lot of time, but the real deal is. The Senate vote on the investigation will begin after the November election, when it will be known whether subpoenas can be enforced against the industry or whether the Justice Department decides to investigate because it cannot enforce subpoenas. unnecessary.”
He added: “What we’re looking at here is the context of what was said around it and what kind of documentary evidence exists or whether there were transactions that led up to this. “We anticipate a large-scale investigation to investigate whether public confirmation was necessary to solidify the facts,” he added. • You can’t file a lawsuit without looking at what the context is.? But this really needs to be investigated. That’s a clear payoff. Donate $1 billion and we’ll ease public health regulations on your products. ”
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