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.) said Wednesday that a tax and accounting firm asked for a procedural subpoena before turning over 10 years of President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE’s financial records, according to Politico.

Mazars USA intends to produce the records but asked the committee for a so-called friendly subpoena before formally complying, Cummings said, according to the publication.

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“They have told us that they will provide the information pretty much when they have a subpoena,” Cummings said. “And we’ll get them a subpoena.”

Cummings initially asked the firm for the records in late March, seeking documents going back to Jan. 1, 2009. He cited testimony from Michael Cohen Michael Dean CohenA huge deal for campaign disclosure: Trump's tax records for Biden's medical records Our Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Eric Trump says he will comply with New York AG's subpoena only after Election Day MORE, Trump’s former personal attorney, who testified that Trump had frequently misstated his net worth as both higher and lower than it actually was for “potentially improper purposes.”

Since Cohen’s testimony, the committee has sought to corroborate it through document requests and witness interviews, with Cummings mentioning Trump’s attempt to purchase the Buffalo Bills before becoming president.

Two Oversight Republicans, Reps. Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsHouse moves toward spending vote after bipartisan talks House Democrats mull delay on spending bill vote Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE (N.C.) and Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election House passes resolution condemning anti-Asian discrimination relating to coronavirus Republicans call for Judiciary hearing into unrest in cities run by Democrats MORE (Ohio), have pushed back on Cummings’s requests, saying the chairman sought the information “solely to embarrass President Trump and to advance the relentless Democrat attacks upon the Trump administration.”

On Tuesday, the committee also announced it has served four subpoenas in relation to its probe into White House security clearances and the Trump administration’s push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.