Investigation into the Trump Hotel near the White House

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jennifer Werner/ Aryele Bradford
October 31, 2017
(202) 226-5181

*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***

THURSDAY:

Oversight Committee Democrats to
Hold Press Conference on Significant
New Step in Trump Hotel Investigation

Washington, D.C.—On Thursday, November 2, 2017, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will lead Committee Democrats in holding a press conference to announce a significant new step in their investigation of President Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington, D.C.

Oversight Committee Democrats have sent multiple letters to the General Services Administration (GSA) seeking documents relating to the ongoing operations of the hotel, monthly income statements, foreign payments, and the reversal by GSA of its previous legal interpretation of the lease.

During the Obama Administration, GSA complied with requests from Democrats and produced a wide range of documents in unredacted form. After Donald Trump was sworn in as President, however, GSA suddenly reversed its position and began refusing all Democratic requests for documents relating to the hotel.

Who: Ranking Member Cummings and Oversight Committee Democratic Members

Where: House Triangle, East Front of the U.S. Capitol

When: 1 pm, Thursday, November 2, 2017