Trump to be investigated by Congress over use of state powers to target media
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Source: The Independent
Donald Trump is set to be investigated by Congress over whether he used “the instruments of state power” to punish media outlets, a senior Democrat has said.
Adam Schiff, who is expected to chair the House intelligence committee next year, said Democrats plan to probe the Trump administration on two fronts following his party’s gains in the midterm elections.
First, they intend to find out if the president attempted to punish Amazon by pressuring the US Post Office to hike shipping prices for the world’s biggest online retailer.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, owns The Washington Post – a newspaper Mr Trump considers a foe and has regularly branded the “Amazon Washington Post”.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-cnn-amazon-democrats-house-intelligence-committee-adam-schiff-a8629466.html
Just the start
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