Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions[W:460]

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 president told the New York Times on Wednesday that any digging into matters beyond Russia would be out of bounds. Trump’s businesses have involved Russians for years, making the boundaries fuzzy so Special Counsel Robert Mueller appears to be taking a wide-angle approach to his two-month-old probe.

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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.

FBI agents had already been gathering information about Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, according to two people with knowledge of that probe. Prosecutors hadn’t yet begun presenting evidence to a grand jury. Trump fired Bharara in March.

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Asked if Mr. Mueller’s investigation would cross a red line if it expanded to look at his family’s finances beyond any relationship to Russia, Mr. Trump said, “I would say yes.” He would not say what he would do about it. “I think that’s a violation. Look, this is about Russia.”

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apdst said:

It's officially a witch hunt.

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apdst said:

It's officially a witch hunt.

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Cardinal said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-expand-probe-to-trump-business-transactions

It's been my opinion for the past couple months that it will be finances and not Russian collusion that will end up being the most harmful story for the Trump administration. This is supported by years of assiduously refusing to reveal his tax returns, and a damning paragraph in yesterday's NYTimes article only underscores the point:



Trump absolutely loathes the Russia story because, if we accept Trump's own statements, he feels Russian interference and the investigation into collusion undermines the legitimacy of his Presidency. To put the the financial aspect into perspective, he prefers that we focus on Russia.

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Lutherf said:

This is setting an untenable precedent.

The next time a Democrat gets into office the Republicans are going to spend the entire first term investigating them for any potential, possible, devastating to national security contacts with unsavory characters. Then the next Republican elected will be water boarded until they confess to something and the circle will continue.

This isn't about politics and it's not about national security. It's about a political outsider getting elected and the political insiders getting their panties in a bunch. That's all it's about and the shenanigans really need to stop.

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Lutherf said:

This is setting an untenable precedent.

The next time a Democrat gets into office the Republicans are going to spend the entire first term investigating them for any potential, possible, devastating to national security contacts with unsavory characters. Then the next Republican elected will be water boarded until they confess to something and the circle will continue.

This isn't about politics and it's not about national security. It's about a political outsider getting elected and the political insiders getting their panties in a bunch. That's all it's about and the shenanigans really need to stop.

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TheGoverness said:

More fake news from the Democrat MSM, and the Secret Kenyan Muslim Obama Deep State. Sad!

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Cardinal said:

What untenable precedent? History did not begin on January 28, 2017.

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Lutherf said:

"Setting a precedent", Cardinal, "setting".

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Lutherf said:

This is setting an untenable precedent.

The next time a Democrat gets into office the Republicans are going to spend the entire first term investigating them for any potential, possible, devastating to national security contacts with unsavory characters. Then the next Republican elected will be water boarded until they confess to something and the circle will continue.

This isn't about politics and it's not about national security. It's about a political outsider getting elected and the political insiders getting their panties in a bunch. That's all it's about and the shenanigans really need to stop.

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Lutherf said:

This is setting an untenable precedent.
The next time a Democrat gets into office the Republicans are going to spend the entire first term investigating them for any potential, possible, devastating to national security contacts with unsavory characters. .

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Cardinal said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-expand-probe-to-trump-business-transactions

It's been my opinion for the past couple months that it will be finances and not Russian collusion that will end up being the most harmful story for the Trump administration. This is supported by years of assiduously refusing to reveal his tax returns, and a damning paragraph in yesterday's NYTimes article only underscores the point:



Trump absolutely loathes the Russia story because, if we accept Trump's own statements, he feels Russian interference and the investigation into collusion undermines the legitimacy of his Presidency. To put the the financial aspect into perspective, he prefers that we focus on Russia.

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Cardinal said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-expand-probe-to-trump-business-transactions

It's been my opinion for the past couple months that it will be finances and not Russian collusion that will end up being the most harmful story for the Trump administration. This is supported by years of assiduously refusing to reveal his tax returns, and a damning paragraph in yesterday's NYTimes article only underscores the point:



Trump absolutely loathes the Russia story because, if we accept Trump's own statements, he feels Russian interference and the investigation into collusion undermines the legitimacy of his Presidency. To put the the financial aspect into perspective, he prefers that we focus on Russia.

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Lutherf said:

This is setting an untenable precedent.

The next time a Democrat gets into office the Republicans are going to spend the entire first term investigating them for any potential, possible, devastating to national security contacts with unsavory characters. Then the next Republican elected will be water boarded until they confess to something and the circle will continue.

This isn't about politics and it's not about national security. It's about a political outsider getting elected and the political insiders getting their panties in a bunch. That's all it's about and the shenanigans really need to stop.

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Mac77 said:

Stalin's most trusted henchman once told him "Show me the man and I will find you the crime."

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Mach said:

That's how our legal system works Mac77, maybe you live under a rock?

Remember when Republicans kept investigating Benghazi in order to weaken Clinton for the 2016 election, hearing after hearing, and at some point they found the email server, and then hammered her on that, and then they found Weiner's misdeeds, and he got busted for that....

Wait, didn't that happen to Bill Clinton too? Ending with an affair discovery?

Are you saying Republicans were wrong to do that, or they were doing what investigations do? It's simple another example of how things work, why would you suggest in Trump's case this should not be how it works?

Please be specific, because I know you're' such a normally credible poster that I'd hate to see you get another post wrong.

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Cardinal said:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-expand-probe-to-trump-business-transactions

It's been my opinion for the past couple months that it will be finances and not Russian collusion that will end up being the most harmful story for the Trump administration. This is supported by years of assiduously refusing to reveal his tax returns, and a damning paragraph in yesterday's NYTimes article only underscores the point:



Trump absolutely loathes the Russia story because, if we accept Trump's own statements, he feels Russian interference and the investigation into collusion undermines the legitimacy of his Presidency. To put the the financial aspect into perspective, he prefers that we focus on Russia.

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Mac77 said:

We kept investigating bengazhi because 4 Americans were killed by a terrorist mob while obama and clinton failed to lift a finger to save them

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Fenton said:

Inching closer and closer to a modern day civil war

Trunp and GOP supporters have fresh memories of Hillary walking after Comey took it upon himself to not refer it to the DOJ, just as we have fresh memories of much of the corruption that happened under the Obama administration.

The Democrats worcing Trump out of office its not going to make GOP voters pr even Trump supporters switch sides.

On the contrary.

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Mach said:

So you agree that you were wrong to suggest Mueller should not follow the money during the course of his investigation? By "be specific", I meant in response to by rebuttal of the ignorant claim you made.

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