Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson quietly met with the top Democrat and Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday for an interview that focused primarily on his time in the Trump administration, a congressional aide with direct knowledge of the discussion confirmed to CNN.

The interview lasted roughly seven hours, including breaks, the same source said. The aide added that major topics of interest included the administration's dealings with Russia and uncertainty surrounding the role of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in deciding foreign policy.

U.S. federal wall funding of US$1.57B yields 1.7 miles of fence!!

A federal judge in New York on Wednesday refused to block subpoenas from the House of Representatives for President Donald Trump's financial records from Deutsche Bank and Capital One.

The ruling from Judge Edgardo Ramos is the second in three days against Trump and his efforts to stop to thwart congressional investigations by Democrats.

Earlier this week, a judge in Washington, DC, said Trump's former accounting firm would have to comply with a subpoena from Congress, knocking down the President's legal challenge within days of hearing arguments in the case.

These subpoenas "do not constitute impermissible law enforcement activities," he said, adding that he believes lawmakers should receive the documents quickly.

The House Financial Services Committee has obtained documents from two financial institutions relating to their dealings with the Trump Organization, according to NBC News. TD Bank and Wells Fargo, two of nine institutions subpoenaed by the House panel, have complied.

Others are Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank, and JP Morgan Chase, with Royal Bank of Canada in the process of complying.

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

I have chosen one of the truly great business leaders of the world, Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, to be Secretary of State.

12:43 PM - 13 Dec 2016

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

The thing I like best about Rex Tillerson is that he has vast experience at dealing successfully with all types of foreign governments.

1:44 PM - 13 Dec 2016

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

Rex Tillerson, a man who is “dumb as a rock” and totally ill prepared and ill equipped to be Secretary of State, made up a story (he got fired) that I was out-prepared by Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Hamburg, Germany.
I don’t think Putin would agree.
Look how the U.S. is doing!

2:29 PM - 23 May 2019

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

The U.S. Senate has just approved a 19 Billion Dollar Disaster Relief Bill, with my total approval. Great!

2:11 AM - 24 May 2019

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, blocked the disaster relief bill in the House on Friday by objecting to an unanimous consent vote.

The Trump administration has invoked an emergency provision of the law [The Arms Export Control Act of 1976] governing arms sales to immediately sell Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies weapons without congressional approval, senators said Friday.

The administration on Friday also announced the deployment of 1,500 U.S. troops to the Middle East to protect U.S. forces already there from Iran.

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me.
I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me, & also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Bidan a low IQ individual, & worse.
Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?

I don’t have a problem standing up to somebody who was working on Season 7 of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ when I was packing my bags for Afghanistan,” Buttigieg told The Post’s Robert Costa"

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump

North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me.
I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me, & also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Biden a low IQ individual, & worse.
Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?

North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a “warmonger” and “defective human product”