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Oh, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)...I'm sorry you got a head like a potato. I really am.
Little hat-tip to the multitude of Zappa fans on DU, in case the meaning of my subject line wasn't immediately apparent.
Texas GOP lawmaker: No need to probe Trump’s finances because Deutsche Bank is German, not Russian
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/texas-gop-lawmaker-no-need-probe-trumps-finances-deutsche-bank-german-not-russian/
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX), who is currently leading the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, told CNN this week that he doesn’t see any need for Congress to scrutinize loans given by Deutsche Bank to President Donald Trump on the grounds that it isn’t a Russian bank.
“I don’t see the link at this stage,” Conaway said, referring to calls to examine whether the Deutsche Bank loans establish financial links between Trump and Russia. “Deutsche Bank is a German bank — I don’t see the nexus… I bet every big bank has a Russian customer somewhere.”
Deutsche Bank last year agreed to pay out $630 million in penalties after getting busted for being involved in a $10 billion Russian money laundering scheme that involved its Moscow, New York and London branches.
Deutsche Bank was also the one major bank that was willing to lend Trump money in the late ’90s, after a string of business failures made him toxic for all other Wall Street banks. In total, Trump has roughly $300 million in outstanding debts to Deutsche Bank.
Texas GOP lawmaker: No need to probe Trump’s finances because Deutsche Bank is German, not Russian
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/texas-gop-lawmaker-no-need-probe-trumps-finances-deutsche-bank-german-not-russian/
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX), who is currently leading the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, told CNN this week that he doesn’t see any need for Congress to scrutinize loans given by Deutsche Bank to President Donald Trump on the grounds that it isn’t a Russian bank.
“I don’t see the link at this stage,” Conaway said, referring to calls to examine whether the Deutsche Bank loans establish financial links between Trump and Russia. “Deutsche Bank is a German bank — I don’t see the nexus… I bet every big bank has a Russian customer somewhere.”
Deutsche Bank last year agreed to pay out $630 million in penalties after getting busted for being involved in a $10 billion Russian money laundering scheme that involved its Moscow, New York and London branches.
Deutsche Bank was also the one major bank that was willing to lend Trump money in the late ’90s, after a string of business failures made him toxic for all other Wall Street banks. In total, Trump has roughly $300 million in outstanding debts to Deutsche Bank.
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What a maroon!
