Exclusive: Feds chased suspected foreign link to Trump's 2016 campaign cash for three years
Source: CNN, via Joe.My.God.
Exclusive: Feds chased suspected foreign link to Trump's 2016 campaign cash for three years
By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez and Jeremy Herb, CNN
Updated 5:39 PM ET, Wed October 14, 2020
Washington (CNN) -- For more than three years, federal prosecutors investigated whether money flowing through an Egyptian state-owned bank could have backed millions of dollars Donald Trump donated to his own campaign days before he won the 2016 election, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
The investigation, which both predated and outlasted special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, examined whether there was an illegal foreign campaign contribution. It represents one of the most prolonged efforts by federal investigators to understand the President's foreign financial ties, and became a significant but hidden part of the special counsel's pursuits.
The investigation was kept so secret that at one point investigators locked down an entire floor of a federal courthouse in Washington, DC, so Mueller's team could fight for the Egyptian bank's records in closed-door court proceedings following a grand jury subpoena. The probe, which closed this summer with no charges filed, has never before been described publicly.
Prosecutors suspected there could be a link between the Egyptian bank and Trump's campaign contribution, according to several of the sources, but they could never prove a connection. ... It's not clear that investigators ever had concrete evidence of a relevant bank transfer from the Egyptian bank. But multiple sources said there was sufficient information to justify the subpoena and keep the criminal campaign finance investigation open after the Mueller probe ended.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/trump-campaign-donation-investigation/
Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
Feds Spent Years Investigating Whether Egyptian State Bank Funneled Millions To Trump's 2016 Campaign
October 14, 2020 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
https://www.joemygod.com/2020/10/feds-spent-years-investigating-whether-egyptian-state-bank-funneled-millions-to-trumps-2016-campaign/
CNN reports:
For more than three years, federal prosecutors investigated whether money flowing through an Egyptian state-owned bank could have backed millions of dollars Donald Trump donated to his own campaign days before he won the 2016 election, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
The investigation, which both predated and outlasted special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, examined whether there was an illegal foreign campaign contribution. It represents one of the most prolonged efforts by federal investigators to understand the President's foreign financial ties, and became a significant but hidden part of the special counsel's pursuits.
The investigation was kept so secret that at one point investigators locked down an entire floor of a federal courthouse in Washington, DC, so Mueller's team could fight for the Egyptian bank's records in closed-door court proceedings following a grand jury subpoena. The probe, which closed this summer with no charges filed, has never before been described publicly.
Read the full article.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/trump-campaign-donation-investigation/
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That explains the locked down floor of the courthouse.
liberalla
(9,249 posts)I wonder if we'll find out Rod Rosenstein or Bill Barr inserted themselves in this investigation, by limiting scope or narrowing the focus, etc. I wonder if that's why they no charges were filed...
Barr is trying to make drump look good, shutting down investigations before they bear fruit. Smells bad.
Maybe we'll hear from some intelligence/national security analysts. Frank Figluzzi (sp? sorry) ???
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)Fri Dec 14, 2018: "The whole floor has been sealed"
Hello from the federal courthouse, where the DC Circuit is set to hear arguments in a sealed grand jury matter. Politico previously reported observing someone refer to it as a special counsel matter: https://politico.com/story/2018/10/24/mueller-investigation-grand-jury-roger-stone-friend-938572 Arguments are sealed, we're waiting to see who goes in
Link to tweet
Tue Dec 18, 2018: Court rules "company" must comply in "mystery appeal" from 4 days ago
There are other links.
{edited to add}
Wed Jan 9, 2019: Law firm that represented Russian interests part of mystery Mueller subpoena case
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)without a conclusion and it seems that Barr may have haf a hand in this too. I personally suspect Rosenstein as well.