Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, requested all documents related to the donation, including a copy of the check or money transfer, in a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, giving him until March 26 to comply. In a separate letter, Cummings also pressed the Trump Organization for details on how the amount was calculated.
"There is no legitimate reason for the Trump Organization to withhold information about these payments from Congress," Cummings wrote. "We have an obligation to determine whether foreign governments are spending money at President Trump's businesses, how much they are spending and whether these payments violate the Emoluments Clause."
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