Exclusive: Mueller Enlists the IRS for His Trump-Russia Investigation
Source: Daily Beast
Special counsel Bob Mueller has teamed up with the IRS. According to sources familiar with his investigation into alleged Russian election interference, his probe has enlisted the help of agents from the IRS Criminal Investigations unit.
This unitknown as CIis one of the federal governments most tight-knit, specialized, and secretive investigative entities. Its 2,500 agents focus exclusively on financial crime, including tax evasion and money laundering. A former colleague of Muellers said he always liked working with IRS special agents, especially when he was a U.S. Attorney.
And it goes without saying that the IRS has access to Trumps tax returnsdocuments that the president has long resisted releasing to the public.
Potential financial crimes are a central part of Muellers probe. One of his top deputies, Andy Weissmann, formerly helmed the Justice Departments Enron probe and has extensive experience working with investigative agents from the IRS.
Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-mueller-enlists-the-irs-for-his-trump-russia-investigation
tinrobot
(10,926 posts)Not sure when the hammer will drop, but it will.
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)Perhaps Pence too..but,...it may take a while. The investigators are making sure that the hammer hits straight and true and gets the two big nails, and a bunch of little ones. Oh, and it is going to make a lot of noise when it does drop...very loud noise.....
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Sgent
(5,857 posts)always fun.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)For the adult set, a true horror game.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)I really really hope they can nab both Trump and Pence via the IRS. Pretty hard to defend numbers in black and white, and they can't say they were ignorant of the tax laws (ignorance is not an excuse anyway, at least not on a regular basis).
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Trump's financials are no doubt extremely complicated, involving facts and figures of carryovers and such, involving different countries and real estate losses, and expenses and purchases and capital gains and investments.
The IRS, good as they are, may not have the level of staff necessary to quite follow the money trail.
Just a guess.
This is good news (for the country). Not so good for Trump.
groundloop
(11,527 posts)I really really hope they can nail him, Pence, and all the others with crimes he's not going to be able to pardon his way out of. It's good that the state of New York is involved, but I wonder if they'll be able to prosecute tax related crimes.
bluestarone
(17,067 posts)the audit i was waiting for
ffr
(22,674 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)committed any tax law infraction, they're not only breaking federal laws (where Trump could pardon everyone, including himself) but they'd be breaking NEW YORK STATE TAX LAWS as well!
So...........no get out of jail free card for any of the principal shit-heels in the saga of Trump vs. The Entire World.
Stuart G
(38,453 posts)Outstanding description...............well said.......................My hat is off to you
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile.
FakeNoose
(32,823 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)in the concept of heaven or hell, so jail works infinitely better for me where Trump is concerned, but to each his/her own.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)Link: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/trump-felix-sater-andrew-weissman/
Even though Weissman might not have been directly involved, I'd bet he has contacts who can fill him in on any information gathered during Sater's time as an informant. Sater has already proven he'll sell out to save himself.