Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Friday put pressure on House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz Jason ChaffetzThe myth of the conservative bestseller Elijah Cummings, Democratic chairman and powerful Trump critic, dies at 68 House Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records MORE (R-Utah) to demand any White House documents that reveal President Trump told Russian officials that firing former FBI Director James Comey eased "great pressure."

Cummings, who is the ranking Democrat on the Oversight Committee, made his statement in response to a report first published by The New York Times on Friday. According to the report, Trump called Comey a "nut job" to two Russian officials he met with last week, and is reported to have also shared classified information with the officials during the same meeting.

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Cummings called the report "astonishing — and extremely troubling."