DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday [2-6-19] began a broad inquiry into whether Russia and other foreign powers may be exercising influence over President Trump, acting only hours after a defiant Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that the House would not be cowed by the president’s ‘all-out threat’ to drop its investigations of his administration. Other committees were zeroing in on similarly sensitive oversight targets. On Thursday [2-7-19], Democrats will begin their quest to secure the president’s long-suppressed tax returns. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee readied a subpoena for the acting attorney general, Matthew G. Whitaker, in case he tried to avoid Democratic questioning. And a House Appropriations subcommittee chairwoman began an inquiry into administration rule-bending during the 35-day partial government shutdown.”
–Nicholas Fandos, “House Expands Russia Inquiry as Pelosi Declares Democrats Will Not Be Cowed,” The New York Times online, February 6, 2019