The Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit will turn over records requested by the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into potential ties between President Donald Trump’s associates and Russian operatives who intervened in the 2016 election, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Unnamed sources told the newspaper that the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which specializes in fighting money laundering, will share financial information with the committee, though they declined to elaborate on the nature of those records.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Bur (R-NC) and Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) wrote to FinCEN on April 26 requesting access to the same records the FBI has obtained as part of its own probe into Russia’s election interference, according to the Journal. The newspaper’s sources said that the committee has found information that prompted them to pursue more details about Trump’s business ties.
The Journal also reported that Trump’s Atlantic City, New Jersey casino, the Trump Taj Mahal, was hit with a $10 million civil penalty by FinCEN in 2015 for “willful and repeated violations” of anti-money laundering requirements.
Trump this week fired FBI Director James Comey, in part, he acknowledged, because of the FBI’s continued focus on the “Russia thing,” which the President has dismissed as “fake news.”
On Friday, Trump’s lawyers released a letter saying that a review of the past 10 years of the President’s tax returns reflect little income from Russian sources. The letter allowed that there were “a few exceptions.”
Oh ohhh. Congressional subpoenas for Trump tax records cannot be far behind.
"On Friday, Trump’s lawyers released a letter saying that a review of the past 10 years of the President’s tax returns reflect little income from Russian sources. The letter allowed that there were “a few exceptions.”
Little noticed tiny footnote in letter: “Income discussed herein does not reflect income received in ruble form.”
Saw this on Maddow last night…really good news
They said that the committee won’t be able to complete it’s investigation without these facts
Just like Capone and countless mobsters and con men who followed him
Follow the money
Best comment from Maher last night
You know those low information voters?
We elected one to the white house
Just like I’m wishing for an ending to trumPP’s presidency similar to Howard Beale’s so do I wish for trumPP to be similarly afflicted with syphilis just like Capone who was a walking dead man after prison because his brain turned to mush. Which we might not see as anything different than what we see now it.
Yes. Very funny Maher. Adam Schiff was a guest. When Maher asked “if there was any there there” Schiff replied “If there was no there there, we’d still have Comey.”
Excellent Schiff quote. Thanks for sharing that.