The Washington Post first reported the committee plans to investigate the circumstances around the hush-money payments.
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York announced in December they had reached an agreement with American Media Company, Inc. (AMI), the publisher of the National Enquirer, in connection with a payment made during the campaign meant to silence a woman who claimed to have had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006.
McDougal signed a $150,000 deal with AMI in August 2016 that transferred to the company the rights to her story of an alleged 10-month romantic affair with Trump in 2006.
In July, the committee voted to approve a dozen subpoenas as part of the panel’s investigation into alleged obstruction of justice and public corruption by President Trump.
Among those names considered were Daniels’ former attorney Keith Davidson, longtime friend of Trump and CEO of AMI, David Pecker, and National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard. The three are expected to be subpoenaed as early as this week for testimony in October, sources said.
Pecker was granted immunity by federal prosecutors last August in exchange for information about Cohen.
Sourse: abcnews.go.com
