Maddow: Bloomberg is standing by its reporting that there is a Deutshe Bank Supoena!...

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President's lawyers have insisted today that there isn't a Deutsche Bank subpoena from the Special Counsel, but Bloomberg is standing by its reporting that there is.

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Mueller Subpoenas Trump Deutsche Bank Records, Source Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/deutsche-bank-is-said-to-have-received-subpoena-on-client-trump

December 5, 2017, 1:16 AM CST Updated on December 5, 2017, 2:46 PM CST

Mueller is said to ask about bank’s dealings with president
Trump lawyer disputes report, says bank didn’t get a subpoena


Bloomberg’s Steven Arons reports on the Deutsche Bank records subpoena.




Special prosecutor Robert Mueller zeroed in on President Donald Trump’s business dealings with Deutsche Bank AG as his investigation into alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections widens.

Mueller issued a subpoena to Germany’s largest lender several weeks ago, forcing the bank to submit documents on its relationship with Trump and his family, according to a person briefed on the matter, who asked not to be identified because the action has not been announced.

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer John Dowd disputed that account, saying he had been told by Deutsche Bank that no such subpoena had been issued.

“We have confirmed that the news reports that the Special Counsel had subpoenaed financial records relating to the president are false. No subpoena has been issued or received. We have confirmed this with the bank and other sources,” Dowd wrote in an email.

When approached about the Dowd comment, the person familiar with the matter reiterated that the bank had received a subpoena. Handelsblatt reported the subpoena earlier Tuesday.

A spokesman for Mueller’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment................................................


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[PJMcK]

1. Who are you gonna believe?

Me or your lying eyes?

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2. I just hope Mueller has the Trump financial records that he wants/needs.

[PJMcK]

3. Mr. Mueller has Trump's tax returns

Trump is toast.

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4. Why are they pushing back (Trump's lawyers)

[Takket]

5. Forgive if this is a dumb question but...

What right does Mueller have to subpeona a foreign bank?

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6. I will venture a guess...

...if Deutsche Bank wants to do business in the United States, they have to play by the rules, including responding to subpoenas issued in investigations of the bank and/or its clients.

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8. There are international agreements in place aimed at money laundering and other corruption...

under which countries agree in theory to, among other things, establish internal laws that require their financial institutions to provide assistance to the other signatories in their criminal investigations. There are UN conventions that provide for this, as well as others established through multinational groups such as the G7. The UN's efforts in this area date back to the 1980's, focusing then on the ill gotten proceeds of narco-trafficking.

The Manafort case is based in part on information that Mueller obtained from banks in Cyprus.

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