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Mueller Said to Have Subpoenaed Deutsche Bank: DealBook Briefing

This is quite interesting that Mueller is already going after the Trump finances since Trump has specifically drawn a line in the sand as to where he will not tolerate Mueller's investigations to go, specifically his prior financial dealings. Anxiously awaiting Trump's reaction on Twitter. IIRC one of Deutsche Bank's top people was a VIP at his inauguration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/b...-startups.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/muell...trumps-2017-12

And Deutsche Bank has already been fined heavily for money-laundering for Russian oligarchs. Stay tuned.

I recall that they were heavily fined but had forgotten why. Now this make it an Arte Johnson moment. :)

Not only that, but Deutsche Bank is the one who came through with a couple hundred million dollars to bail out Jared's ill-fated NYC business venture.

I was just reading about that. I always had it figured that Agent Orange was laundering Rubles. Looks like I may be right, for once. :p

Excellent!

Why is Deutsche Bank so important? After a string of bankruptcies and broken promises, pretty much every other major bank stopped lending Trump money some years ago. The one exception was Deutsche Bank, to which Trump owed $364 million as of the end of last year. By sheer coincidence, Deutsche Bank recently had to pay $670 million in fines for its role in a Russian money laundering plot.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...erious-danger/

They probably have as much to hide as Trump. So will be unwilling to give without some guarantees be my guess.



Barney

The regulatory authorities in every country in which they operate hate Trump with a passion. They'll catch a load of shit if they stonewall.

Been refusing for awhile. Now with a subpoena we will see.

""Exclusive: Deutsche Bank says privacy laws prevent Trump financial disclosures""
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-d...-idUSKBN18Z31Z

Already paid a fine IIRC over it's dealing with Russia money.

Barney

I think a subpoena from the US Justice Department will mean a lot more than a request from a leaky Congressional fishing expedition.

Just how much pressure will Trump's Justice Department wield in order to facilitate the execution of the subpoena?



Barney

I would like to think that German regulators would force compliance.

Don't get me wrong, I want the information to be forthcoming. Just believe Trump will stop at nothing to hide squelch stop then make go away this whole issue. ASAP!

He and his supporters have no shame, feel above the law.


Barney

If the German authorities exert pressure on Duetsche Bank, little Trump or executive branch can do. Merkel is probably licking her chops at an opportunity to trip Trump up. Duetsche bank would be best served by coming clean, I will bet on it. Trump has no friends, just co-conspirators.

“DB takes its legal obligations seriously and remains committed to cooperating with authorized investigations into this matter.”

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-muelle...ubpoena-736295

“Deutsche Bank is synonymous with Russian money laundering,” Luke Harding, author of Collusion, a book on the Trump-Russia connections, said in an interview with Newsweek Tuesday...

The bank’s $300 million loan to Trump, after the oft-bankrupt magnate fell behind on a separate loan from the German bank, was highly unusual according to banking experts, and likely raises questions for Mueller’s investigators about who or what was backing the additional funds.

Flynn told former business associate that Russia sanctions would be ‘ripped up,’ according to congressional witness
Of course, if this is left with the House Intelligence Committee, this will not go anywhere. But I am sure that Mueller will get to the bottom of this since Flynn has flipped. This sounds a lot more serious than it seems now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.bd693e4f5829

Here is a copy of the letter from Cummings to the Committee Chairman:

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Se...to%20Gowdy.pdf