Democrat Schiff questions if Mueller probing Trump-Deutsche Bank link

[webfact]

Democrat Schiff questions if Mueller probing Trump-Deutsche Bank link

 

FILE PHOTO: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) arrives for a closed intelligence briefing for members of the House of Representatives on the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., Dec.13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday he was concerned that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may not be investigating President Donald Trump's ties to Deutsche Bank AG.

 

U.S. Representative Adam Schiff announced last week a wide investigation into attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election as well as Trump's financial dealings, including "credible reports of money laundering and financial compromise" related to Trump business interests.

 

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 after a string of bankruptcies at his hotel and casino businesses during the 1990s.

 

Schiff told NBC's "Meet the Press" he was concerned about whether Mueller had been held back from investigatingTrump's finances.

 

Schiff cited reports that Trump threatened to fire Mueller in 2017 after reports he was trying to get records from Deutsche Bank but backed down after his lawyers received the assurances from Mueller.

 

"If the special counsel hasn't subpoenaed Deutsche Bank, he can't be doing much of a money-laundering investigation," Schiff said.

 

"So that's what concerns me, that red line has been enforced, whether by the deputy attorney general or by some other party at the Justice Department. But that leaves the country exposed," Schiff said.

 

The special counsel's office declined comment and Deutsche Bank did not immediately return requests for comment on Schiff's statements.

 

Trump has denied any cooperation by his campaign with Russia to sway the 2016 presidential election. Last week, he dismissed Schiff as not having any authority to review his business dealings.

 

The bank, one of the world's largest financial institutions, was ensnared in a massive Russian money-laundering investigation and was fined heavily by both U.S. and U.K. regulators in 2017 for practices involving Russian accounts.

 

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Peter Cooney)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-02-11

 

[Credo]

I am a little surprised that they would be wondering if Mueller was investigating the ties to the bank.   I don't think Mueller has left any stones unturned.   

 

Whether one likes Trump or not, he is an international businessman with ties to a lot of banking and finance institutions.   

 

If the House is concerned, perhaps they should do their own probe on the matter.   

[mtls2005]

Deutsche Bank broke the law? Say it ain't so.

 

 

 

https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/deutsche-bank

 

[Srikcir]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

he was concerned that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may not be investigating President Donald Trump's ties to Deutsche Bank AG

Maybe or maybe not Trump's direct ties but circling around Trump as the latter seems to be Mueller's strategy for the entire investigation. Mueller refuses to clarify or admit either.

 

Yes, Deutsche Bank did get a subpoena from Mueller

https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/finance/trump-russia-investigation-yes-deutsche-bank-did-get-a-subpoena-from-mueller/23573306.html?ticket=ST-3075191-S0AgKSjiql6pdVHWfaFO-ap3

• "To be clear, we never wrote that Mr. Mueller had definitely subpoenaed financial records relating to the president. To quote our own story: “It remains unclear whether Mr. Mueller requested information on President Trump’s own business dealings with Deutsche Bank or on those of people close to him."

https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/finance/trump-russia-investigation-yes-deutsche-bank-did-get-a-subpoena-from-mueller/23573306.html?ticket=ST-3075191-S0AgKSjiql6pdVHWfaFO-ap3

 

Bloomberg corrects Trump subpoena story

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3316821-bloomberg-corrects-trump-subpoena-story

• Bloomberg has corrected its bombshell report that special counsel Robert Mueller had subpoenaed Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) records pertaining to President Trump and his family.
• The corrected article states the bank records "pertain to people affiliated" with Trump, while the original reported that Mueller "zeroed in" on Trump, which was disputed by the president's personal lawyer and the White House.

[polkop11]

It sounds unbelievable that this is still a question. Deutsche bank is closely related to the Bank of Cyprus, which is a Russian bank in all but name and of which Wilbur Ross is a former director. Even at Ross' nomination hearings no Congressman seemed to be willing to know.

[Chomper Higgot]

The actual question Schiff raising is not ‘is Mueller investigating Deutsche Bank/Trump dealings’.

 

He’s raising the question has Trump and/or his administration leaned on Mueller to Prevent him from doing so?

 

Schiff is making heavy hints that he suspects Trump and his administration are indeed Interfering with Mueller’s investigation, which would be a crime in and of itself.

 

That he is doing so after Whitaker’s sworn testimony before the House suggests Schiff is about to nail Whitaker.

 

Don’t fret about Deutsche Bank/Trump.

 

SDNY are on it!

[Unify]

4 hours ago, Credo said:

I am a little surprised that they would be wondering if Mueller was investigating the ties to the bank.   I don't think Mueller has left any stones unturned.   

 

I don't think he's really wondering. He's using wondering as an excuse to get press, so Trump's ties to the bank are more in the public consciousness, and as a reason to justify another investigation into Trump. That's the way the game works.

[Chomper Higgot]

22 minutes ago, Unify said:

I don't think he's really wondering. He's using wondering as an excuse to get press, so Trump's ties to the bank are more in the public consciousness, and as a reason to justify another investigation into Trump. That's the way the game works.

It’s very clear the only two things Mueller is using to justify his investigations are the authority invested in him by the DoJ and the trail left by evidence that stands up in court.