House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler just released a list of more than 80 people and entities that Democrats are targeting with sweeping document requests for their investigation into Donald Trump. Committee Democrats are seeking information from entities like the Trump Organization, WikiLeaks, and the NRA as well as people like AMI CEO David Pecker, inaugural committee chair Tom Barrack, and J.D. Gordon, who was involved with the pro-Russia platform change at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Then there's nearly everyone you would expect: Don Jr. and Eric Trump (but no Ivanka); convicted felons Paul Manafort, Rick Gates; Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, etc.; Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow; and White House counsel Don McGahn. The list goes on.
The White House and all Trump-affiliated organizations are sure to resist this inquiry by House Democrats at every turn. But the list is so all-encompassing that at least some people and organizations will likely comply at some level. The two most likely outcomes are that the inquiry will turn up at least some new avenues of exploration, and that Democrats and Trump will wind up locked in a lengthy legal/political battle over the powers of congressional oversight vs. that of the executive branch.
The key thing to remember here is that the Judiciary Committee would be responsible for initiating any impeachment proceedings. The panel is not necessarily looking for criminality: That's the charge of the special counsel and the many U.S. attorneys who are now running their own criminal investigations into Trump, his campaign, and his organizations. Instead, the Judiciary is looking for impeachable offenses such as obstructing justice, abuse of power, and overall corruption that may or may not rise to the level of criminality.
“We will act quickly to gather this information, assess the evidence, and follow the facts where they lead with full transparency with the American people,” Nadler said in his statement. “This is a critical time for our nation, and we have a responsibility to investigate these matters and hold hearings for the public to have all the facts. That is exactly what we intend to do.”
Check out the list below. You can actually click on both the letter sent and documents requested for most of the list. This request alone is the culmination of a ton of work—and it’s only just beginning.
A list of individuals served with document requests today can be found here and below, with links to their respective letters:
- Alan Garten (letter, document requests)
- Alexander Nix (letter, document requests)
- Allen Weisselberg (letter, document requests)
- American Media Inc (letter, document requests)
- Anatoli Samochornov (letter, document requests)
- Andrew Intrater (letter, document requests)
- Annie Donaldson (letter, document requests)
- Brad Parscale (letter, document requests)
- Brittany Kaiser (letter, document requests)
- Cambridge Analytica (letter, document requests)
- Carter Page (letter, document requests)
- Christopher Bancroft Burnham (letter, document requests)
- Columbus Nova (letter, document requests)
- Concord Management and Consulting (letter, document requests)
- Corey Lewandowski (letter, document requests)
- David Pecker (letter, document requests)
- Department of Justice (letter, document requests)
- Don McGahn (letter, document requests)
- Donald J Trump Revocable Trust (letter, document requests)
- Donald Trump Jr. (letter, document requests)
- Dylan Howard (letter, document requests)
- Eric Trump (letter, document requests)
- Erik Prince (letter, document requests)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (letter, document requests)
- Felix Sater (letter, document requests)
- Flynn Intel Group (letter, document requests)
- Frontier Services Group (letter, document requests)
- General Services Administration (letter, document requests)
- George Nader (letter, document requests)
- George Papadopoulos (letter, document requests)
- Hope Hicks (letter, document requests)
- Irakly Kaveladze (letter, document requests)
- J.D. Gordon (letter, document requests)
- Jared Kushner (letter, document requests)
- Jason Maloni (letter, document requests)
- Jay Sekulow (letter, document requests)
- Jeff Sessions (letter, document requests)
- Jerome Corsi (letter, document requests)
- John Szobocsan (letter, document requests)
- Julian Assange (letter, document requests)
- Julian David Wheatland (letter, document requests)
- Keith Davidson (letter, document requests)
- KT McFarland (letter, document requests)
- Kushner Companies (letter, document requests)
- Mark Corallo (letter, document requests)
- Matt Tait (letter, document requests)
- Matthew Calamari (letter, document requests)
- Michael Caputo (letter, document requests)
- Michael Cohen (letter, document requests)
- Michael Flynn (letter, document requests)
- Michael Flynn Jr (letter, document requests)
- National Rifle Association (letter, document requests)
- Paul Erickson (letter, document requests)
- Paul Manafort (letter, document requests)
- Peter Smith (Estate) (letter, document requests)
- Randy Credico (letter, document requests)
- Reince Priebus (letter, document requests)
- Rhona Graff (letter, document requests)
- Rick Gates (letter, document requests)
- Rinat Akhmetshin (letter, document requests)
- Rob Goldstone (letter, document requests)
- Roger Stone (letter, document requests)
- Ronald Lieberman (letter, document requests)
- Sam Nunberg (letter, document requests)
- SCL Group Limited (letter, document requests)
- Sean Spicer (letter, document requests)
- Sheri Dillon (letter, document requests)
- Stefan Passantino (letter, document requests)
- Steve Bannon (letter, document requests)
- Ted Malloch (letter, document requests)
- The White House (letter, document requests)
- Tom Barrack (letter, document requests)
- Tom Bossert (letter, document requests)
- Tony Fabrizio (letter, document requests)
- Trump Campaign (letter, document requests)
- Trump Foundation (letter, document requests)
- Trump Organization (letter, document requests)
- Trump Transition (letter, document requests)
- Viktor Vekselberg (letter, document requests)
- Wikileaks (letter, document requests)
- 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee (letter, document requests)