Cummings asks former Fox News reporter to share information on Stormy Daniels payments

The chairman of the House Watch and Reform Committee said on Thursday that he would ask for information from a former Fox News reporter who allegedly worked on a story about his network. President TrumpDonald John Trump's editorial board, Denver Post, says Gardner's support was a "mistake" Attorney General of New York City: there is evidence that Trump misused a charity for the presidential campaign.Payments from Stormy Daniels and other women.

representative Elijah CummingsElijah Eugene CummingsLawyer previously in contact with Cohen rejects story of forgiveness to CNN Cummings refuses to join GOP criminal proceedings against Coj for perjury reasons Cohen's lawyer seeks to clarify the testimony of rehabilitation in a letter to Cummings MORE (D-Md.) Wrote to former Fox reporter Diana Falzone asking for information regarding "debts and payments to silence women who allegedly allege extramarital affairs before the election" presidential election in 2016 ", according to a copy of the letter sent by email to The Hill.

The letter refers to payments made through the intermediary of Trump's attorney at the time, Michael CohenMichael Dean Cohen: Trump's job approval drops 4 points in Gallup poll The departure of Mueller's top MP is about to investigate an investigation in Russia The judiciary the House of Judiciary and Republican Representatives disputed over Whitaker's testimony MORE, and asks for any information that Falzone might have discovered about possible violations of the campaign finance law during his reporting.

"Any documents in your possession, under your control or in your possession by your agent, referring to or relating to women alleging extramarital relations with Donald Trump, payments made by the president or anyone acting on his behalf to silence them , or any other potential violation of campaign funding "would be subject to the request of the president," says the letter.

The monitoring committee also requested an in-person interview with Falzone, who said he had reached an agreement with Fox News that prevented him from talking about the story.

Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

The New Yorker reported that Ken LaCorte, Fox's boss, told Falzone that the owner of the network, Rupert Murdoch, wanted Trump to win the election. The story was thus murdered.

"Good report, kiddo. But Rupert [Murdoch] wants Donald Trump to win. So, forget it, "said LaCorte, according to the New Yorker.

Fox denied this description, citing the words of a former leader who said last year that the network did not have enough factual evidence to account for Stormy Daniels' claims against the president.