Corporate America Braced for Democrats to Unleash Investigations After U.S. Midterms

Congressional Investigations attorney Christopher Armstrong was quoted in a Financial Times about the outlook for congressional investigations following the midterm elections. With Democrats retaking control of both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, the article explored three avenues for future inquiries: corruption allegations against White House officials, favorable treatment by the Trump Administration of certain companies and policy issues such as affordability. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Cal.), who take over as chair of the House oversight committee, posted "Lawyer up" on social media the night of the elections, and Chris told Financial Times companies and their executives should heed that warning.

"The next Congress will be all about investigations and oversight," he said.

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