Trump Investigated For Money Laundering As Special Counsel Looks At Russia Financial Ties

Both the FBI and Special Counsel Robert Mueller are looking at the financial transactions between the Trump family, Trump associates, and Russians for potential money laundering.

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Bloomberg reported, “The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia in last year’s election is examining a broad range of transactions involving Trump’s businesses as well as those of his associates, according to a person familiar with the probe…..The roots of Mueller’s follow-the-money investigation lie in a wide-ranging money laundering probe launched by then-Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara last year, according to the person…..Mueller’s team is looking at the Trump SoHo hotel condominium development, which was a licensing deal with Bayrock Capital LLC. In 2010, the former finance director of Bayrock filed a lawsuit claiming the firm structured transactions in fraudulent ways to evade taxes. Bayrock was a key source of capital for Trump development projects, including Trump SoHo.”

Trump’s warning that he would fire Special Counsel Mueller if he investigated his or his family’s finances makes even more sense now. Trump, his family, and his associates are being looked at for money laundering. If laundered money made its way into the Trump campaign that would bring up a whole host of criminal and campaign finance law violations.

Since Trump is micromanager of his business, his name is bound to be on documents that are associated with the financial transactions which are under investigation.

The reason why Trump won’t release his tax returns or details of his business dealings is that they would reveal that the financial roadmap of his ties to Russia. Mueller is investigating Trump’s finances, so it is up to Trump to decide whether or not he is going to fire the special counsel. The Russia pieces are coming together, and they paint a picture of a president that is bought and owned by Putin and Russia.

If Trump’s businesses laundered money for Russia, it would be time to stop talking about impeachment and begin discussing prison.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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