House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings Elijah Eugene CummingsBlack GOP candidate accuses Behar of wearing black face in heated interview Overnight Health Care: US won't join global coronavirus vaccine initiative | Federal panel lays out initial priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution | NIH panel: 'Insufficient data' to show treatment touted by Trump works House Oversight Democrats to subpoena AbbVie in drug pricing probe MORE (D-Md.) is demanding information from the White House about its compliance with federal records laws related to communications between President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE and Russian President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinPutin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Navalny released from hospital after suspected poisoning Ex-Trump national security adviser says US leaders 'making it easy for Putin' to meddle MORE.

Cummings in a letter to acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney Mick MulvaneyOn The Money: House panel pulls Powell into partisan battles | New York considers hiking taxes on the rich | Treasury: Trump's payroll tax deferral won't hurt Social Security Blockchain trade group names Mick Mulvaney to board Mick Mulvaney to start hedge fund MORE on Monday accused the White House of failing to address questions he raised in February in a way that has “obstructed” his committee’s review of the White House’s compliance with the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

“I am writing to request an explanation for why the White House has failed to answer the questions raised in the letter I sent more than three months ago seeking information about troubling reports that President Donald Trump may have violated the Presidential Records Act by confiscating and destroying documents to keep secret the details of his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin,” Cummings wrote Monday.

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“The Presidential Records Act is at the core of the Oversight Committee’s legislative and oversight jurisdiction, and I had hoped that the White House would cooperate voluntarily with this inquiry,” Cummings added.

“Instead, the White House has disregarded these legitimate congressional inquiries and dissembled about basic facts. These actions do not serve the interests of the American people, and they obstruct and frustrate the Committee’s review,” he wrote.

Cummings had sent a letter to the White House with Reps. Eliot Engel Eliot Lance EngelHouse panel halts contempt proceedings against Pompeo after documents turned over Engel subpoenas US global media chief Michael Pack The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Pence lauds Harris as 'experienced debater'; Trump, Biden diverge over debate prep MORE (D-N.Y.) and Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffSchiff claims DHS is blocking whistleblower's access to records before testimony GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power Rubio on peaceful transfer of power: 'We will have a legitimate & fair election' MORE (D-Calif.), the chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees, respectively, in February raising concerns about a Washington Post report that Trump had taken steps to keep his communications with Putin secret.

White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote to the chairmen in March, pointing to letters issued by the White House in April 2017, October 2017 and December 2018 that he believed fully address the questions about records preservation.

“As stated in those letters, the Administration is committed to compliance with the PRA and takes appropriate steps to ensure that Presidential records are appropriately managed, preserved, and available for transfer to the National Archives and Records Administration,” Cipollone wrote.

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In the same letter, Cipollone also rejected the chairmen’s sweeping request for documents and interviews related to Trump’s communications with Putin, arguing the president’s diplomatic communications are confidential and protected by executive privilege.

Cummings took issue with Cipollone’s assertions in the new letter to Mulvaney, saying the White House had not answered any of the questions they raised about document preservation and noting the other correspondence was issued before the February request.

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday.

Cummings set a deadline of July 8 for the White House to provide the previously requested information, including answering whether Trump took possession of an interpreter’s notes from a meeting with Putin during the 2017 Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

Cummings in the letter asked whether any official within the Trump administration has any record of meetings or calls between Trump and Putin, and if so, to provide the date of the calls or meetings, the identities of those who possess or control the records related to them, and other information.

Cummings also requested a transcribed interview by the same date with the director of the White House Office of Records Management or another official “competent” to answer questions about the White House’s compliance with the records law.