DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “An accounting firm is asking the House Oversight and Reform Committee to issue it a subpoena before sending lawmakers 10 years of President Donald Trump’s financial records, the panel’s chairman said on Wednesday [4-3-19], adding that the firm intends to turn over the documents. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) told reporters that Mazars USA, a tax and accounting firm, has asked the committee for a so-called ‘friendly’ subpoena so that it can formalize the process of complying with the panel’s request…Cummings formally requested the documents last month in a letter which referenced aspects of former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen’s testimony before the Oversight Committee in February. The chairman asked the firm to turn over the information by Wednesday. The committee has sought to corroborate Cohen’s testimony by interviewing additional witnesses and requesting more documents from various individuals and entities. The letter to Mazars USA specifically mentioned Trump’s attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills before he became president. Cohen testified that Trump inflated his net worth during the process of bidding for the NFL team. He also said Trump deflated the value of some of his assets in order to reduce his taxes.”
–Andrew Desiderio and John Besnahan, “Cummings: Tax firm asks for subpoena before providing Trump docs,” Politico, April 3, 2019 3:08 pm