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Trump Suggests Congress Should Investigate Barack Obama’s Book and Netflix Deals

Trump advised Congress to stop investigations into his businesses and focus on investigating the Obamas’ book and Netflix deals.

“House Judiciary has given up on the Mueller Report, sadly for them after two years and $40,000,000 spent – ZERO COLLUSION, ZERO OBSTRUCTION. So they say, OK, lets look at everything else, and all of the deals that ‘Trump’ has done over his lifetime. But it doesn’t work that way,” Trump said Monday morning on Twitter.

“I have a better idea. Look at the Obama Book Deal, or the ridiculous Netflix deal. Then look at all the deals made by the Dems in Congress, the ‘Congressional Slush Fund,’ and lastly the IG Reports. Take a look at them. Those investigations would be over FAST!”

Since taking over the majority, House Democrats have started multiple investigations into Trump’s businesses and personal finances. The president has tried to thwart investigations by stonewalling subpoenas.

In 2017, the Barack and Michelle Obama s igned a joint book deal worth a reported $65 million. They also inked a deal with Netflix in 2018 to produce content for the streaming company. Last month, the Obamas’ first produced documentary American Factory streamed on Netflix.

Trump called for subpoenas of the Obama’s book deal in July to counteract Democratic investigations into his businesses.

“We want to find out what happened with the last Democrat president,” Trump told reporters in July. “Let’s look into Obama the way they’ve looked at me. From Day 1, they’ve looked into everything that we’ve done. They could look into the book deal that President Obama made. Let’s subpoena all of his records.”

Contrary to Trump’s claim, the House Judiciary Committee hasn’t given up on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Just last week, it voted to expand its impeachment investigation and moved to obtain former special counsel Robert Mueller’s most sensitive materials, including evidence and testimony from a grand jury.

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