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Article snippet: Democrats itching to investigate MORE’s possible conflicts of interests have zeroed in on a familiar presidential foe: the FBI. House Democrats released a trove of new documents this week that they say prove Trump was directly involved in canceling plans developed by the federal government to sell the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. Critics argue that Trump intervened because he wanted to prevent commercial developers from building a new property at the downtown Washington, D.C., spot that might compete with the Trump Hotel, which is located across the street. If Democrats take back the House this fall, they say they will seek to get their hands on more potentially damning documents, haul in FBI and General Services Administration (GSA) officials to testify under oath and possibly pass legislation to block the administration from moving forward with the rebuilding plan. The FBI building is just one example of the many ways that Democrats could make life hell for the president if they win the ability to conduct rigorous oversight of the administration. “This is something the White House and [incoming counsel] Pat Cipollone need to buckle in for,” David Urban, a former Trump campaign strategist, said on CNN this week. “There’s gonna be a lot of this coming. A lot of it.” The GSA, which oversees government buildings, had long debated whether to demolish the FBI’s aging J. Edgar Hoover Building and let a commercial developer come in to build something new, which... Link to the full article to read more