Trump defense still threatening Mueller over investigating president's past financial transactions

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Darren Samuelsohn? @dsamuelsohn 2h2 hours ago

Trump attorney threatens formal challenges to Mueller/DOJ if Russia probe gets into old real-estate deals. http://politi.co/2iu2xSr @politico

Kevin Downing, Manafort’s lead attorney, submitted a document Friday indicating that he anticipates filing pre-trial motions that question “the legal basis for and sufficiency of the charges, the suppression of evidence improperly obtained by search warrant, subpoena or otherwise.” Downing also said he may try to prevent Mueller’s prosecutors from presenting some of their evidence during the criminal trial.

Trump himself told the New York Times in July that he would consider it “a violation” if Mueller’s investigators looked into his personal finances. And the president’s personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, told POLITICO on Thursday he is primed to lodge formal objections with either Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein if the Russia investigation took a wide or unexpected detour into issues like an old Trump real-estate deal...

read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/04/mueller-russia-probe-challenges-244538

[GreenEyedLefty]

1. Because that's where the crimes are.

"Follow the money."

[Phoenix61]

2. Wasn't that nice of them to tell us where the

bodies are buried? What dumb asses.

[Iliyah]

3. Lets see t-rump's taxes

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6. it's been said

...Mueller has the ability to access those tax returns.

They won't be invisible to us forever.

[NotASurfer]

4. If Mueller and his team are on their game as usual

One or two trusted state AGs are ready to roll on those finances

It’s covered in some of the still-sealed indictments

He has ears in the White House and will easily have enough advance warning to unleash all of the above before the orange mafiosa can call his attorney and have him draw up something legal-sounding to announce everybody is fired. Which will make firing even more look like obstruction

[JDC]

5. He is scared that they will see his life of crime and shady dealings

Especially after they presented the Cyprus Bank info from the Manafort/Gates indictment for all to see.

“We had no I idea that bank records could be so detailed,” Mr Trump said.

[procon]

7. Smell the fear? Looks like the best is yet to come... nt