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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, why didn't Mueller mention the Deutsche Bank loan arrangements?
Seriously.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)That was Mueller's take about his responsibilities in the charge that Congress provided him.
Goodheart
(5,308 posts)What a load of cockamanie.
Kingofalldems
(38,422 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,380 posts)quite a different meaning of compromise; en flagrante dilecto or nothin'
rampartc
(5,387 posts)he was always meant to bark up the wrong tree.
Kingofalldems
(38,422 posts)I am happy about that. Don't understand your OP.
Doodley
(9,041 posts)maxsolomon
(33,246 posts)his direct supervisor.
Regardless, Trump's Finances were verboten.
meow2u3
(24,759 posts)Trump's finances predated the Russian cyberinvasion and was outside the scope of his investigation.
GoCubsGo
(32,075 posts)All of the stuff that he unearthed that didn't pertain directly to his investigation was sent to other branches. I have little doubt he passed the Deutsche Bank findings onto the financial crimes divisions, as well as to various state Attorneys General, such as Leticia James of the State of New York.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)if Comey/McCabe made his mandate too broad, it risked violating the 4th Amendment
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Russian individuals doing business with Trump is legal. Even favoring Russia over the US is legal. So why would Mueller talk about it?
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)Why do you think those Russian oligarchs co-signed Trump's loans? They have been business partners, through money laundering, for years.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Oligarchs can legally transfer legally earned money from Russia to the USA. Trump financially dependent on friends of Putin is a screaming conflict of interest but it is not illegal. I am not sure Mueller had any reason to comment on it.
triron
(21,984 posts)onenote
(42,587 posts)It specifically states that the crime of money laundering involves financial transactions "with proceeds that were generated from certain specific crimes, known as "specified unlawful activities"".
In other words, transactions involving "clean" money don't run afoul of money laundering laws, which is what the post you responded to said.
maxsolomon
(33,246 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 28, 2019, 02:45 PM - Edit history (1)
Since the entire government of Rusher is a criminal organization.
But I agree that co-signed loans aren't illegal per se. They're just a great reason not to re-elect the bastard.
pnwmom
(108,955 posts)uponit7771
(90,302 posts)Cicada
(4,533 posts)Oligarchs are individuals.