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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-t...e-idUSKBN1DZ0XNDon't have a clue what this means, other than Mueller is digging in deeper... I guess it's follow the money time.
Deutsche Bank gets subpoena from Mueller on Trump accounts: source
Arno Schuetze, Nathan Layne
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FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal investigator probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election asked Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) for data on accounts held by President Donald Trump and his family, a person close to the matter said on Tuesday.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on his investigation of potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Germany’s largest bank received a subpoena from Special Counsel Robert Mueller several weeks ago to provide information on certain money and credit transactions, the person said, without giving details, adding that key documents had been handed over in the meantime.
Deutsche Bank has lent the Trump Organization hundreds of millions of dollars for real estate ventures and is one of the few major lenders that has given large amounts of credit to Trump in the past decade. A string of bankruptcies at his hotel and casino businesses during the 1990s made most of Wall Street wary of extending him credit.
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Mueller is investigating alleged Russian attempts to influence the election, and potential collusion by Trump aides. Russia has denied U.S. intelligence agencies’ conclusion that it meddled in the election and Trump has said there was no collusion with Moscow.
A U.S. official with knowledge of Mueller’s probe said one reason for the subpoenas was to find out whether Deutsche Bank may have sold some of Trump’s mortgage or other loans to Russian state development bank VEB or other Russian banks that now are under U.S. and European Union sanctions.
Holding such debt, particularly if some of it was or is coming due, could potentially give Russian banks some leverage over Trump, especially if they are state-owned, said a second U.S. official familiar with Russian intelligence methods.
“One obvious question is why Trump and those around him expressed interest in improving relations with Russia as a top foreign policy priority, and whether or not any personal considerations played any part in that,” the second official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
A source close to Deutsche Bank said the bank had run checks on Trump’s financial dealings with Russia.
During his election campaign, Trump said he would seek to improve ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which were strained during President Barack Obama’s administration.
There was no immediate response to the Deutsche Bank subpoena from Trump’s lawyers.
The subpoena was earlier reported by German daily Handelsblatt.
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During a photo opportunity with senators at the White House, Trump declined to answer shouted questions from reporters about whether Mueller had crossed a line by asking Deutsche Bank for information.
In a July 9 interview with the New York Times, Trump said Mueller should not extend his investigation into Trump’s finances if they were not directly related to the Russia accusations.
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of Germany's Deutsche Bank is seen early evening in Frankfurt, Germany, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Asked if delving into his and his family’s finances unrelated to the Russia probe would cross a red line, Trump replied, “I would say yeah. I would say yes.”
The president declined to say what he would do if Mueller began such an examination, but he continued, “I think that’s a violation. Look, this is about Russia.”
Deutsche Bank earlier this year rebuffed efforts by Democratic U.S. lawmakers to get more information on its dealings with Trump as well as any information it may have about whether the Republican, his family or advisers had financial backing from Russia.
Trump had liabilities of at least $130 million to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a unit of the German bank, according to a federal financial disclosure form released in June by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
The Deutsche debts include a loan exceeding $50 million for the Old Post Office, a historic property he redeveloped in downtown Washington, mortgages worth more than $55 million on a golf course in Florida, and a $25 million-plus loan on a Trump hotel and condominium in Chicago, the disclosure shows.
All of those loans were taken out in 2012 and will mature in 2023 and 2024, according to the disclosure.
Trump and Deutsche Bank have not always been on good terms. Trump sued the bank and other lenders in 2008, demanding $3 billion in damages, claiming they broke agreements in the construction and financing of a Chicago hotel.
Deutsche Bank countersued and the two sides eventually settled.
Internal Deutsche Bank documents seen by Reuters feature the names of Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and his wife, Kathleen, in a series of client profiles.
Deutsche declined to confirm if the Manaforts were clients or if it had received a subpoena from Mueller for information on them.
A spokesman for Manafort declined to comment.
In October, Manafort pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy against the United States. The charges were brought as part of Mueller’s investigation.
In January, Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $630 million in fines for organising $10 billion in sham trades that could have been used to launder money out of Russia.
Deutsche Bank has settled several probes into the so-called mirror trades but a settlement has yet to be reached with the U.S. Department of Justice, which is still conducting an investigation.
Reporting by Arno Schuetze and Tom Bergin in Frankfurt, and Nathan Layne, John Walcott, Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Landay in Washington; Writing by Alistair Bell; Editing by Keith Weir, Mark Potter, Frances Kerry, Toni Reinhold
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Well maybe they can dig up some past business or financial dealings to "Get Trump" as Collusion to get elected, Obstruction of Justice and The fake Dossier have all failed.
The "Get Trump" crowd will have to go back to the television Psychiatrists to declare him insane again if this doesn't get him.
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Or maybe not ! Trumps lawyer says no subpoena was issued .
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I thought Douchebank was what Trumps collection of tweets was called
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Mueller's team has not subpoenaed Deutsche Bank on Trump's finances, legal team says By Edmund DeMarche | Fox News WH: Trump legal team denies Mueller subpoenaed Deutsche Bank White House press secretary Sarah Sanders briefs reporters from the White House. President Trump's legal team is pushing back against reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has called on Deutsche Bank to submit data pertaining to its client relationship with President Trump as part of his investigation into alleged Russian election meddling. “We have confirmed that the news reports that the special counsel had subpoenaed financial records relating to the president are false," said Jay Sekulow, a member of Trump’s legal team. “No subpoena has been issued or received. We have confirmed this with the bank and other sources.” Bloomberg, citing an unnamed source, reported that Mueller is seeking information on the German lender and its relationship with Trump and his family. Trump reportedly owes the bank $300 million. Democrats have said Trump's relationship with the bank is crucial in the Russia investigation. (Reuters) Democrats have said Trump's relationship with the bank is crucial in the Russia investigation. The Washington Post reported in August that Democrats have pushed for an investigation into the bank’s internal review of the loans to see if there is any link with Russia. Deutsche rejected demands by Democratic lawmakers back in June for details of Trump's finances, Reuters reported. The bank cited privacy laws. The bank, Trump’s primary lender, also approved a $285 million refinancing loan for Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s company a month before the election, The Post reported. Trump, who spoke to reporters Monday as he left the White House to head to Utah, unleashed a string of tweets over the weekend in which he criticized the FBI and raised questions about the federal investigation. In one of his messages, Trump again denied that he directed the former FBI director James Comey to stop investigating his former national secuirty adviser Michael Flynn. Trump questioned the direction of the federal law enforcement agency and wrote that after Comey, whom Trump fired in May, the FBI’s reputation is “in Tatters — worst in History!” He vowed to “bring it back to greatness.” The president also retweeted a post saying new FBI Director Chris Wray “needs to clean house.” Trump seized on reports that a veteran FBI counterintelligence agent was removed from Mueller’s team last summer after the discovery of an exchange of text messages that were viewed as potentially anti-Trump. The agent, Peter Strzok, had also worked on the investigation of Clinton’s use of a private email server. Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, said Mueller removed Strzok from the team “immediately upon learning of the allegations.” He would not elaborate on the nature of the accusations. Trump tweeted Sunday: “Tainted (no, very dishonest?) FBI ‘agent’s role in Clinton probe under review.’ Led Clinton Email probe.” In a separate tweet, he wrote: “Report: ‘ANTI-TRUMP FBI AGENT LED CLINTON EMAIL PROBE’ Now it all starts to make sense!” www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/05/mueller-reportedly-subpoenas-deutsche-bank-in-russia-probe.html
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And now a Deputy on Muellers team has been caught e-mailing anti Trump statements. Even Mueller can't control the Bias on his investigative team. Mueller deputy praised DOJ official after she defied Trump travel ban order: 'I am so proud'http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/...m-so-proud.html
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How much longer will this Mueller team get away with using political bias to try to undo Trump?
Sessions should unnerves himself and fire Mueller.
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How much longer will this Mueller team get away with using political bias to try to undo Trump?
Sessions should unnerves himself and fire Mueller. unrecuse
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Whatabout political bias!
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Mueller is using Clinton cronies on his team. The situation smells like a political conflict of interest.
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And now a Deputy on Muellers team has been caught e-mailing anti Trump statements. Even Mueller can't control the Bias on his investigative team. Mueller deputy praised DOJ official after she defied Trump travel ban order: 'I am so proud'http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/...m-so-proud.htmlJudicial Watch and Fox News, this is not a political hit job at all...  I find it very interesting how the right is going after Mueller and his team (who was appointed and praised by GOPers btw) now that Trump's Presidency is in the crosshairs. But I'll give you that you are going to find political leanings everywhere right now. I'm sure they try to remain neutral but it must be almost impossible in the current atmosphere.
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Comey was a good man until we found out otherwise.
The FBI was a trusted organization but now under suspicion.
Mueller was a good man but has surrounded himself with biased deputies and people are beginning to wonder about him now.
Judicial Watch sues to get the documents and the facts.
Fox News is the only organization that will report their findings. The others cover it up.
It is one thing to serve justice and quite another to serve an agenda.
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Comey was a good man until we found out otherwise.
The FBI was a trusted organization but now under suspicion.
Mueller was a good man but has surrounded himself with biased deputies and people are beginning to wonder about him now.
Judicial Watch sues to get the documents and the facts.
Fox News is the only organization that will report their findings. The others cover it up.
It is one thing to serve justice and quite another to serve an agenda.
Exactly. Now go see how many 'lawsuits' Judicial watch has filed in an attempt to expose GOP corruption... Judicial Watch and Fox News definately have an "Agenda" and it's not politically unbiased reporting. GMAB
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Comey was a good man until we found out otherwise.
The FBI was a trusted organization but now under suspicion.
Mueller was a good man but has surrounded himself with biased deputies and people are beginning to wonder about him now.
Comey is a good man. The only thing either side can complain about with him is the way he handled the announcements he has made. He wrecked Hillary's campaign, you should love him. But you don't because Trump doesn't. Trump did until Comey (put in a bad spot by Trump) did the right thing. And the FBI not being trusted is a farce political move by Trump as well. The FBI is beyond reproach.
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right, Trump supporters should be building a statue of Comey for what he did for Trump during the election.
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Excellent news! After the vote not to impeach, we can get on with our lives.
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The Dems continually jump the shark. Hopefully this sit-com is toast.
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So when is the investigation into former President Barack Obama violating the Logan act going to happen?
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So when is the investigation into former President Barack Obama violating the Logan act going to happen? Time for a whataboutism!
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So when is the investigation into former President Barack Obama violating the Logan act going to happen? Time for a whataboutism! Liberals are about equality I thought? If trump violated the logan act contacting Russia AFTER he was elected, then Obama is violating it right now trying on his climate change talks.
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So when is the investigation into former President Barack Obama violating the Logan act going to happen? Time for a whataboutism! Liberals are about equality I thought? If trump violated the logan act contacting Russia AFTER he was elected, then Obama is violating it right now trying on his climate change talks. Is Obama officially negotiating on behalf of the US while not in office? I don't think he is, but if you know something I don't please share the link.
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So when is the investigation into former President Barack Obama violating the Logan act going to happen? Time for a whataboutism! Liberals are about equality I thought? If trump violated the logan act contacting Russia AFTER he was elected, then Obama is violating it right now trying on his climate change talks. Is Obama officially negotiating on behalf of the US while not in office? I don't think he is, but if you know something I don't please share the link. Lets see.... Here it is..Obama heads to china, sk after trump
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When are they voting? Will it be on CSPAN? Some other channel?
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Seems real legit... https://www.dailyvv.com This site's footer reads "Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: viralblog-lite by ThemeCountry." Do you make money for promoting them? I googled it and it seems you are the only one reading it. From the english or lack thereof, I think Diam might be the reporter.
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When are they voting? Will it be on CSPAN? Some other channel? Not sure. I saw the reading of the bill into record but they did some kind of procedural thing right after that delayed it for some reason. Didn't catch it all.
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When are they voting? Will it be on CSPAN? Some other channel? Not sure. I saw the reading of the bill into record but they did some kind of procedural thing right after that delayed it for some reason. Didn't catch it all. It is dead in the water.
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When are they voting? Will it be on CSPAN? Some other channel? Not sure. I saw the reading of the bill into record but they did some kind of procedural thing right after that delayed it for some reason. Didn't catch it all. From the Article .. A vote to impeach President Donald Trump will happen on the House of Representatives floor on Wednesday, a Democrat has vowed. So the title says trump impeachment vote for Wednesday, yet the first lines say he "vows". So no impeachment vote is slated huh? FAKE NEWS
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When are they voting? Will it be on CSPAN? Some other channel? Not sure. I saw the reading of the bill into record but they did some kind of procedural thing right after that delayed it for some reason. Didn't catch it all. It is dead in the water. Nobody expected a favorable vote to oust Trump today. It will come in time though.
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When are they voting? Will it be on CSPAN? Some other channel? Not sure. I saw the reading of the bill into record but they did some kind of procedural thing right after that delayed it for some reason. Didn't catch it all. It is dead in the water. Nobody expected a favorable vote to oust Trump today. It will come in time though. I'll take odds on that.
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You sound pretty sure about yourself so how does my $10 to your $1000 sound payable inauguration day 2020. That's a free ten spot for you there Mr. Firminhis Beliefs.
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You sound pretty sure about yourself so how does my $10 to your $1000 sound payable inauguration day 2020. That's a free ten spot for you there Mr. Firminhis Beliefs. I do feel pretty confident. However, in your post you said the impeachment "will come in time". That sounds pretty confident to me on your part, so why do you need 100:1 odds?
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One thing I do not feel confident in, is that I am not sure Trump will run again in 2020, even after all this legal stuff blows over and ends positively for the president.
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When are they voting? Will it be on CSPAN? Some other channel? Not sure. I saw the reading of the bill into record but they did some kind of procedural thing right after that delayed it for some reason. Didn't catch it all. It is dead in the water. Nobody expected a favorable vote to oust Trump today. It will come in time though. Wait. You went from "impeachment vote Wednesday" to "nobody expected a favorable vote to oust trump."??? So, now there is no vote? Where do you get your news? And why would impeaching Trump be "favorable" anyway? Other than your bias. Aren't you the guy that was betting TRump wouldn't make it through his first year? Ah, yeah, you are. It makes sense now that you're hoping he gets impeached. If he doesn't, how much do you stand to lose?
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You sound pretty sure about yourself so how does my $10 to your $1000 sound payable inauguration day 2020. That's a free ten spot for you there Mr. Firminhis Beliefs. I do feel pretty confident. However, in your post you said the impeachment "will come in time". That sounds pretty confident to me on your part, so why do you need 100:1 odds? Well my statement is based on finding a majority of Republicans that have the guts to rid us of him. So it's more hopeful thinking than confidence on my part.
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