House Democrats are demanding that the Interior department retain documents related to President Donald Trump’s construction projects around Washington after whistleblowers warned that key paperwork has already been destroyed before Democrats take power, congressional sources tell CNN.

The warnings come as the Trump administration is signaling it will accelerate plans for moving ahead with the projects — a key part of what the president sees as his legacy — to lay as much groundwork as possible before the Democrats take over Congress in January.

On Tuesday, the top Democrat in the House Natural Resources committee, which has oversight of the agency that has helped fast-track many of Trump’s projects, plans to issue letters to the Interior Department as well as other federal agencies and private companies, requesting that they “preserve all records and data responsive to oversight” the congressional panel oversees.

The targets of the letters from Rep. Jared Huffman, shared first with CNN, give an early indication of what could be in the crosshairs for investigation when the California Democrat becomes chairman of the committee in the new Congress.

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[–] 9 points 1 day ago

Because there have been no meaningful consequences to anything so far. Why wouldn’t they engage in some CYA? It gets pointed out, they respond with “Fuck you. Whaddya going to do about it?” and after some posturing by the opposition they get to follow up with “Yeah, I thought so.”

This is the least surprising news I have heard today. Sucks, but that’s where we are as a country.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Make the announcement now, that anyone found destroying documents and evidence in any government agency will get a minimum of 5 years in prison. And then do it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    Foreshadowing the projects themselves.

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  • [–] 5 points 21 hours ago

    Of course they are. My god. Do democrats seriously need everything we already know spelled out for them?

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