Trump Inaugural Committee Is Subpoenaed for Documents

(Wall Street Journal) Rebecca Ballhaus and Rebecca Davis OBrien Feb. 4 2019 10:33 p.m. President Trumps inaugural committee on Monday received a subpoena for documents from the Manhattan U.S. attorneys office which last year opened a criminal investigation into how the fund raised and spent more than $100 million on 2017 inauguration festivities according to people familiar with the matter. The subpoena requests documents related to the committees donors and spending according to a copy viewed by The Wall Street Journal including communications about payments made directly by donors to vendorswhich would flout disclosure rules. Federal prosecutors are also seeking documents related to a Los Angeles financier who gave $900000 to the committee through his private-equity firm and once registered as a foreign agent working on behalf of the Sri Lankan government. A spokeswoman for the committee said in a statement Monday evening: We have just received a subpoena for documents. While we are still reviewing the subpoena it is our intention to cooperate with the inquiry."