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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:00 PM Mar 2019

House Democrats make new push for 10 years of Trump's financial records

Source: Politico


By ANDREW DESIDERIO 03/27/2019 01:53 PM EDT

The House Oversight and Reform Committee is seeking 10 years of President Donald Trump’s financial records from an accounting firm, according to two Republicans on the panel.

The Democrat-led committee is focusing in part on the president’s prior effort to bid on the Buffalo Bills and appears to reflect an effort by the committee to follow up on former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen’s testimony before the committee. Cohen told lawmakers that Trump inflated his personal net worth as he sought to buy the NFL team.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/27/house-democrats-make-new-push-for-10-years-of-trumps-financial-records-1239651

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SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
1. Good! rump obviously has tons of conflicts of interest...other positive steps taken recently ...
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:09 PM
Mar 2019

include a bank finally agreeing to provide financial records...which can be used to cross check financial records provided.

BREAKING: Deutsche Bank has agreed to turn over Trump's financial records to Congress

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
2. deutsche bank claims they knew tRump was fudging the numbers when applying for that loan
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 03:06 PM
Mar 2019

& they didn't care. They were more than happy to let him commit fraud. The orange nazi has been getting away with this kind of thing for decades.

bluestarone

(17,012 posts)
6. My thoughts as well
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 03:36 PM
Mar 2019

I just can't see a bank just giving money away with no way to get it back!! Hope they find the golden egg here!

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
7. yep, Deutsche Bank has worked closely with Russian since the early 2000's
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 04:17 PM
Mar 2019

Deutsche Bank was fined last year for helping Russian clients wash some $10 billion. Trump also has that in common with DB, dealing with russian oligarchs. More in depth reading can be found here: https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/11/30/deutsche-bank-trump-and-russia-a-whowhatwhy-primer/

oldsoftie

(12,584 posts)
3. While i'd LAUGH at trumps financial failings being made public, i dont see this making it.
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 03:09 PM
Mar 2019

I doubt the legality but i'm also not a lawyer

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