Democrats prepare for week of blockbuster hearings into Trump

Week to wrap up with Cohen closed-door meeting
By LAUREN FOX, CNN
Posted: 6:37 AM, February 04, 2019

(CNN) - This week the Trump administration learns what Democratic oversight looks like.

After a 35-day government shutdown that consumed congressional leaders, Democrats hold a series of hearings this week that define a new normal in Washington: the Trump administration is in the hot seat. Empowered with their new majority and already facing roadblocks from key players in Trump's orbit, committee leaders are moving ahead with the spotlight on some of the President's most controversial policies and associates in a marathon not expected to end for the next two years.

After Trump delivers his State of the Union this week -- an address intended to temporarily unite the country -- Democrats gavel in oversight hearings on the President's family separation policy along the southern border, probe the precedent of Presidential candidates releasing their tax returns and hear from Matt Whitaker -- the acting attorney general of the United States who has alarmed Democrats with his posture toward special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

The week will end with a closed-door hearing in the House Intelligence Committee with the President's former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen and there are still questions about whether Cohen will also appear in an open setting before the House Oversight Committee.
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