Still reeling from his tax information being outed, Trump got more bad news as the Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr.
The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to talk to Donald Trump Jr. about Trump Tower Moscow
NBC News reported, “The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. to answer questions about his contention that he had only limited knowledge of a project to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, a source with direct knowledge told NBC News. The committee, led by Republicans, is nearing completion of its investigation into Russian election interference — a probe that is expected to result in a series of written reports.”
Trump Jr.’s claim that he little awareness of the deal was disputed by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen who said that he briefed Don Jr. and Ivanka Trump ten times on the project.
Trump’s last 24 hours have been a disaster
In the last 24 hours, Trump has seen the entire mythology of his life destroyed by reporting on a decade of his tax information. Trump’s attorney general was found in contempt by the House Judiciary Committee, and now Trump son has been subpoenaed to testify in front of Congress. All presidencies have ups and downs, but Donald Trump is plunging to lows that haven’t been seen since Nixon.
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It looks like everything is coming unglued for Trump because it is. Trump has lived a life of lies, and those lies are being exposed and coming back to haunt the criminally corrupt president.
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