Nancy Pelosi: "I want to know what the Russians have on Donald Trump"

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been a crucial voice in calls to investigate interference in our presidential election by the Russians, and the connections and potential collusion between the Russian government and Donald Trump’s campaign and administration.

And on Meet the Press, she showed that she is not about to back down:

The American people deserve to know what is guiding the President’s decision making. @MeetThePress pic.twitter.com/DtSNOa8TdF

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) February 5, 2017

I want to know what the Russians have on Donald Trump. I think we have to have an investigation by the FBI into his financial, personal, and political connections to Russia, and we want to see his tax returns, so we can have truth in the relationship between Putin — whom he admires — and Donald Trump.

Pelosi is also clear that seeking this information is a necessary attempt to give the voters a full and complete understanding of the man by whom they are now being governed:

The American people deserve to know what is guiding the President’s decision making. @MeetThePress pic.twitter.com/DtSNOa8TdF

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) February 5, 2017

As it has become clearer that Trump knew about Russia’s interference, the continued calls from Pelosi and other Congressional Democrats for thorough and independent investigations into this extraordinarily convoluted scenario are increasingly critical.