Democrats unbowed by Trump’s words push investigations

Washington • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump’s insistence that lawmakers abandon their investigations was a “threat” that had no place in Congress, as unbowed Democrats charged ahead Wednesday with plans to probe Trump’s tax returns, business and ties to Russia.The chairman of the intelligence committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, announced a broad new investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and Trump’s foreign financial inter