Democrats and outgoing Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) are telling banks and ports that Congress may investigate imports of Russian diesel, according to a report by Rachel Frazin in The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter. The report says the outreach followed a statement by President Trump that the United States would import the fuel.
The Hill's summary of the report refers to letters sent to banks and ports, but the excerpt available for this account ends just as it begins to describe those letters. It therefore does not state what the letters ask recipients to do, or whether any bank or port has responded.
The excerpt also does not give a timeline for any congressional investigation and does not describe its scope. It does not say which Democrats are involved, whether the House or Senate would take up the matter, or how the administration has responded to the lawmakers' outreach.
The account rests on a single report. Its headline, Dems could probe Russian diesel importers, uses the word could, which matches the summary's statement that Congress may investigate. Details of the letters, the planned reach of any inquiry, and any reaction from banks, ports, or the administration are not contained in the available text.
Sources: The Hill: Dems could probe Russian diesel importers.