results: Midterm lessons five key takeaways from the election results Read more Some of those demands are likely to face legal challenges from Trump's team of lawyers, who will argue that certain information is protected by executive privilege, according to The Guardian. Sign up for the new US morning briefing But Tuesday's election results nevertheless puts the White House under intense new scrutiny, in addition to the ongoing criminal investigation that is already under way by the special counsel Robert Mueller into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Once Democrats formally seize control of the House in January, the new chairmen and women of key congressional committees are expected to begin issuing subpoenas and launch investigations, and demanding that Trump administration officials testify publicly and under oath on multiple topics. What will Democrats pursue first Trump's tax returns and banking records The incoming chairwoman of the House financial services committee, Maxine Waters, is about to become a thorn in Trump's side. Waters can also demand that the US treasury reveal information about suspicious financial transactions involving Trump and his team and the Kremlin. She is expected to use her subpoena power to demand access to Trump's tax returns from the US treasury and potentially his private banking records from Deutsche Bank, where executives are already preparing to be called to testify about their relationship with the president.
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