NEW: House Judiciary Committee Democrats are planning to launch an investigation into Pres. Trump's alleged involvement in hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, sources familiar with the plans say.
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are planning to launch an investigation into President Donald Trump's alleged involvement in hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, two women who claim they had affairs with him, sources familiar with committee plans said Tuesday.Congressional investigators had planned to take up the matter after federal prosecutors ended their investigation into the payments in July without further charges.
"... Cohen acted with the intent to influence the 2016 presidential election,” prosecutors wrote in a memo recommending prison time for Cohen. They continued, “Cohen coordinated his actions with one or more members of the campaign, including through meetings and phone calls, about the fact, nature, and timing of the payments.”
More than 130 House Democrats now support pursuing impeachment against the president, more than half of the caucus. The committee is planning additional public hearings and witness interviews well into the fall focused on several of the episodes of possible obstruction of justice detailed in Mueller’s report, as well as other matters that could be considered impeachable offenses.
McDougal signed a $150,000 deal with AMI in August 2016 that transferred to the company the rights to her story of an alleged 10-month romantic affair with Trump in 2006.
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