Democrats are launching an effort to ensure that the Trump administration preserves its records after multiple whistleblowers came forward to allege that federal officials were destroying documents related to the president’s construction projects around Washington, D.C.
The effort comes as President Donald Trump races to complete several pet projects across the nation’s capital before Democrats take power in January — and his term expires in two years — including the White House ballroom and East Potomac Park golf course.
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-California), the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, sent letters to 36 federal agencies and private companies on Monday, ordering them to preserve documents, communications and other records tied to the committee’s investigations of the Trump administration.
The typically under-the-radar committee, which Huffman is set to chair in the new Congress, is responsible for conducting oversight on Trump’s construction projects that sit on federal land.
“For the past two years, the Trump Administration has repeatedly obstructed congressional investigations by failing to provide the House Committee on Natural Resources with information necessary to fulfill its oversight responsibilities,” Huffman’s letters state.
A committee aide told The Washington Sun that Huffman launched the effort after several whistleblowers came forward to allege that documents related to the projects were being destroyed. It’s unclear...
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