New York attorney general is investigating Trump projects: New York Times

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New York attorney general is investigating Trump projects: New York Times

 

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs to visit storm-hit areas of Alabama from the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

(Reuters) - The New York attorney general's office is looking into ties between Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank and several Trump Organisation projects, the New York Times reported late Monday.

 

The attorney general's office issued subpoenas late Monday to the banks, which opens an additional line of inquiry into Deutsche Bank's dealings with Trump, the newspaper reported, citing one unnamed source.

 

The Democratic-controlled Intelligence Committee and Financial Services Committee in Congress have been exploring the finances of the Republican president and his businesses including his ties to Deutsche, one of the world's largest financial institutions.

 

Deutsche Bank has lent Trump Organisation hundreds of millions of dollars for real estate ventures and is one of the few major lenders that has given large amounts of credit to Trump after a string of bankruptcies at his hotel and casino businesses during the 1990s.

 

The newspaper said the new civil investigation into Deutsche was prompted by congressional testimony last month of Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen.

 

Cohen testified that Trump inflated the stated worth of his assets in financial statements. The former attorney submitted copies of statements he said had been provided to Deutsche.

 

Investors Bank was subpoenaed for records relating to Trump Park Avenue, a project it had backed, the Times reported.

 

Neither the New York attorney general's office nor Trump representatives were available for comment early Tuesday. Neither Deutsche Bank nor Investors Bank representatives could be immediately reached.

 

(Reporting by Rich McKay; Editing by Richard Borsuk)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-03-12

[Chomper Higgot]

SDNY are going to asset strip Trump while in office.

 

And there is absolutely nothing he can do to stop it.

 

Firing people in the FBI? No, that won’t work.

 

Hand picking people for jobs in the DoJ? No that won’t work.

 

Sending Nunes on ‘errands’? No, that won’t work.

 

Running a coordinated misinformation campaign with Fox News? No that won’t work.

[Kelsall]

Yawn, another witch hunt that will go nowhere, just like the last one.

[Chomper Higgot]

44 minutes ago, Kelsall said:

Yawn, another witch hunt that will go nowhere, just like the last one.

This one is targeting dead Presidents.

 

In very large quantities.

[Tug]

Our Donald is a slippery swamp dweller but when he is exposed to daylight the slippery slime will dry out and he will be exposed for the con man grifter that he is

[Ulic]

Captain Birther/Lock Her Up/Obama era Republican obstructionist now just getting a taste of their own medicine. Most things will amount to nothing but big businessman Donald Trump has always played fast and loose with the truth and has regularly shown himself to be morally and ethically as bankrupt as his businesses. Russian oligarch money laundering, getting money out of Russia buying Trump property developments. I am already looking forward to the next US Presidential election. By far the best reality TV.

[roobaa01]

another stupid idea in a state where stupid dems provide for the people with totalitarian socialist ideas which only displays the dems desperation of the forthcoming reckoning when the mueller report will be released without mentioning russian collusion. however black unfit dems like maxim waters want to impeach the president is she mentially sick ?? vice versa dem speaker pelosi comes to

terms with reality annoucing no impeachment. a more grave concern should be the antisemitism of those muslim dems ilhan and tlaib, that should be investigated by procecutors.

 

wbr

roobaa01

[Nyezhov]

18 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Yawn, another witch hunt that will go nowhere, just like the last one.

The scary thing about this is the weaponization of the judicial system for political ends.

[Baerboxer]

18 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Yawn, another witch hunt that will go nowhere, just like the last one.

 

What would be interesting is whether the NYAG would have investigated the very very large "donation" the German government gave to the Clinton Foundation just before the POTUS election Hilary was expected to win.

 

 

[simple1]

8 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

The scary thing about this is the weaponization of the judicial system for political ends.

 

If you're referring to trump you would absolutely be correct

Edited March 13, 2019 by simple1

[Chomper Higgot]

22 minutes ago, roobaa01 said:

another stupid idea in a state where stupid dems provide for the people with totalitarian socialist ideas which only displays the dems desperation of the forthcoming reckoning when the mueller report will be released without mentioning russian collusion. however black unfit dems like maxim waters want to impeach the president is she mentially sick ?? vice versa dem speaker pelosi comes to

terms with reality annoucing no impeachment. a more grave concern should be the antisemitism of those muslim dems ilhan and tlaib, that should be investigated by procecutors.

 

wbr

roobaa01

Enforcing the law is now ‘a stupid idea’.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

12 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

The scary thing about this is the weaponization of the judicial system for political ends.

Says the man who proclaimed Manafort was innocent and would not do time.

[stevenl]

25 minutes ago, roobaa01 said:

another stupid idea in a state where stupid dems provide for the people with totalitarian socialist ideas which only displays the dems desperation of the forthcoming reckoning when the mueller report will be released without mentioning russian collusion. however black unfit dems like maxim waters want to impeach the president is she mentially sick ?? vice versa dem speaker pelosi comes to

terms with reality annoucing no impeachment. a more grave concern should be the antisemitism of those muslim dems ilhan and tlaib, that should be investigated by procecutors.

 

wbr

roobaa01

Huh?

[Nyezhov]

6 minutes ago, simple1 said:

 

If you're referring to trump you would absolutely be correct

Well those of us who actually are US citizens and civil libertarians see the issue as a bit more than just screeching about President Trump. I dont cheer on any political prosecution. But Im off to get a Thai omelet, have a fabulous day!

[Chomper Higgot]

5 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Well those of us who actually are US citizens and civil libertarians see the issue as a bit more than just screeching about President Trump. I dont cheer on any political prosecution. But Im off to get a Thai omelet, have a fabulous day!

Enjoy your omelet, see if you can get one containing evidence that the pursuit of Trump’s crimes by the NYAG is politically motivated.

[lannarebirth]

18 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Yawn, another witch hunt that will go nowhere, just like the last one.

If that's true it is a gift to Trump supporters. The only way I see Trump ever being re-elected is if the other side over plays their hand and makes him a martyr. A repugnant martyr to be sure.

[lannarebirth]

59 minutes ago, Ulic said:

Captain Birther/Lock Her Up/Obama era Republican obstructionist now just getting a taste of their own medicine. Most things will amount to nothing but big businessman Donald Trump has always played fast and loose with the truth and has regularly shown himself to be morally and ethically as bankrupt as his businesses. Russian oligarch money laundering, getting money out of Russia buying Trump property developments. I am already looking forward to the next US Presidential election. By far the best reality TV.

I'd be very surprised if Trump were shown to be a money launderer. By proxy maybe. Through Deutsche Bank, sure, as that's kind of their modus operandi but I'm sure there's plausible deniability there with the bank cutout in place.

[lannarebirth]

31 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

The scary thing about this is the weaponization of the judicial system for political ends.

Actually, I agree with you. These case should have been brought years ago.

[quandow]

18 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Yawn, another witch hunt that will go nowhere, just like the last one.

They are going to ruin the Trump name. He has done SOOOO many shady deals over the course of his misguided life, it's karma slowly unfolding. All it will take is one corroborating witness to finally put him down, and with as much smoke as there has been, there will be fire. He should have stayed in his place having affairs and screwing people in business deals. The chickens are coming home to roost.

[quandow]

20 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

52 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

The scary thing about this is the weaponization of the judicial system for political ends.

Actually, I agree with you. These case should have been brought years ago.

I always found former FBI director Comey's announcement of reopening investigations into Hillary Clinton a week or so before the election was foul and certainly instrumental in her losing. Mind y'all, I hated that <deleted> worse than cancer, but Comey's action was just wrong.

Edited March 13, 2019 by quandow

[quandow]

18 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

I'd be very surprised if Trump were shown to be a money launderer. By proxy maybe. Through Deutsche Bank, sure, as that's kind of their modus operandi but I'm sure there's plausible deniability there with the bank cutout in place.

I'd bet my bottom dollar he will get nailed for falsifying documents/numbers regarding his real estate and tax evasion. It's brought down bigger fish in the past, and the Trump name will forever now be mud.

[lannarebirth]

1 minute ago, quandow said:

I always found former FBI director Comey's announcement of reopening investigations into Hillary Clinton was foul and certainly instrumental in her losing. Mind y'all, I hated that <deleted> worse than cancer, but Comey's action was just wrong.

 

I sort of get it. The FBI (who later got caught showing a preference for a winner) gave immunity to her co-conspirators who said she did nothing wrong while they destroyed the evidence. That's gonna leave a bad taste in people's mouths and of course that's why we've got Trump now.

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, lannarebirth said:

 

I sort of get it. The FBI (who later got caught showing a preference for a winner) gave immunity to her co-conspirators who said she did nothing wrong while they destroyed the evidence. That's gonna leave a bad taste in people's mouths and of course that's why we've got Trump now.

But but but..... Hillary.

[lannarebirth]

3 minutes ago, quandow said:

I'd bet my bottom dollar he will get nailed for falsifying documents/numbers regarding his real estate and tax evasion. It's brought down bigger fish in the past, and the Trump name will forever now be mud.

 

Could be, but I'm guessing those have probably hit the shredder by now.

[roobaa01]

33 minutes ago, simple1 said:

 

If you're referring to trump you would absolutely be correct

referring to the sick-minded dems in the caracas caucus mainly those being i in the dude media aocortez green new rubbish deal, muslim antisemites ilhan, omar, congress clowns schiff, shumer.... should be under judicial restrictions named abuse of power wbr roobaa01

 

 

[Berkshire]

24 minutes ago, quandow said:

They are going to ruin the Trump name. He has done SOOOO many shady deals over the course of his misguided life, it's karma slowly unfolding. All it will take is one corroborating witness to finally put him down, and with as much smoke as there has been, there will be fire. He should have stayed in his place having affairs and screwing people in business deals. The chickens are coming home to roost.

Trump is so obviously a conman.  It seems throughout his life, if Trump had a choice between making money ethically/legally, or making even more money unethically/illegally, he would ALWAYS choose the latter.  Now it's all coming home to roost.  Trump was always able to hide it all with shady lawyers and accountants and no one cared.  But not anymore.  The worst thing that's ever happened to Donald Trump is being elected President. 

[roobaa01]

56 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Enforcing the law is now ‘a stupid idea’.

 

 

yes i dont agree with u, new york is governed police state like latest example clown governor de biasio wants to abolish citizen rights of free choice for food. he wants a meatless monday based on the socialistic green new rubbish deal, which is based on the ideological fake science climate change.

 

wbr

roobaa01

[quandow]

16 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

 

Could be, but I'm guessing those have probably hit the shredder by now.

No, Cohen turned over 3 years (2011-2013) of shady deal records and those will be confirmed by the bank(s). It's not a question of whether or not he cheated, it will be to what extent. If it's outlandish enough in disparity of actual vs inflated/deflated  value(s), he'll do time.

[lannarebirth]

Just now, quandow said:

No, Cohen turned over 3 years (2011-2013) of shady deal records and those will be confirmed by the bank(s). It's not a question of whether or not he cheated, it will be to what extent. If it's outlandish enough in disparity of actual vs inflated/deflated  value(s), he'll do time.

 

I like a good comeuppance, but I'll believe it when I see it.

[bristolboy]

Here's an article worth reading:

Is Fraud Part of the Trump Organization’s Business Model?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/swamp-chronicles/is-fraud-part-of-the-trump-organizations-business-model