House Financial Services chairwoman Rep. Maxine Waters said Tuesday the Trump family’s lawsuits against Deutsche Bank and Capital One will not help them because the two financial institutions have already agreed to assist congressional investigators.
“We have representation from Deutsche and Capital One that they will cooperate with us, so he can file his lawsuits. They need a subpoena in order to do what they can do to give us the documents so, so far his lawsuits aren’t doing any good,” the California Democrat said to reporters in the halls of Congress.
President Trump and his children Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka all sued Deutsche Bank and Capital One in attempts to stop the banks from responding to congressional subpoenas. House Democrats are seeking records from the president and the Trump Organization.
Eric Trump said Tuesday the request was the work of “the deep state.”
“It’s so sad because this is presidential harassment 101. My father always talked about the deep state on the campaign trail. This is the deep state,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with Fox News Network’s “Fox & Friends.”
• Bailey Vogt can be reached at bvogt@washingtontimes.com.
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