Rep. Ro Khanna backs Oversight Committee's inquiries into President Trump, says American public doesn't 'know all the facts'

Rep. Khanna backs Oversight Committee's inquiries into President Trump.

March 6, 2019, 4:50 PM

Rep. Ro Khanna asks questions during the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, Feb. 27, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told the Powerhouse Politics Podcast on Wednesday that President Donald Trump "violated probably 10 different laws in many ways."

The House Judiciary Committee this week requested information from 81 individuals and entities related to Trump and his affiliates. These requests came a week after Michael Cohen, the president’s former personal lawyer, testified for hours in front of Khanna and his colleagues on the House Oversight Committee.

The information Cohen provided led some members of Congress to call for further scrutiny.

"Until we get the Mueller report public, and until Mueller testifies, the Congress has a duty to inform the public about these investigations that are taking place," he told ABC News' Political Director Rick Klein and Washington Correspondent Lana Zak. "The president should welcome that."