So, why didn't Mueller mention the Deutsche Bank loan arrangements?

[Goodheart]

Seriously.

[kstewart33]

1. Investigating Trump's finances was outside his charge.

That was Mueller's take about his responsibilities in the charge that Congress provided him.

[Goodheart]

2. As if finances were not incentives?

What a load of cockamanie.

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[Kingofalldems]

3. Nope.

[Backseat Driver]

4. IDK - It might lower the Barr et al which has

quite a different meaning of compromise; en flagrante dilecto or nothin'

[rampartc]

5. mueller was commissioned to investigate the connection with the russian government

he was always meant to bark up the wrong tree.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Fact is they are ever so closer to being in our hands.

I am happy about that. Don't understand your OP.

[Doodley]

7. Mueller bowed to the bully-boy tactics of Trump and Giuliani to end the investigation too early.

[maxsolomon]

16. And Barr

his direct supervisor.

Regardless, Trump's Finances were verboten.

[meow2u3]

8. Mueller was charged with investigating Russian interference and issues arising from such

Trump's finances predated the Russian cyberinvasion and was outside the scope of his investigation.

[GoCubsGo]

13. Yes, and he also delegated a bunch of things to SDNY and others.

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]

9. It wasn't in his scope

if Comey/McCabe made his mandate too broad, it risked violating the 4th Amendment

[Cicada]

10. Favoring Russia over the US is not illegal. Really.

Russian individuals doing business with Trump is legal. Even favoring Russia over the US is legal. So why would Mueller talk about it?

[ElementaryPenguin]

11. But being involved in money laundering schemes IS illegal!

Why do you think those Russian oligarchs co-signed Trump's loans? They have been business partners, through money laundering, for years.

[Cicada]

12. Laundering clean money is legal

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]

14. Money laundering is a federal crime. What are you talking about?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Laundering_Control_Act

[onenote]

15. Did you read what you posted?

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]

17. Hard to say conclusively that an Oligarch's money is "clean".

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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]

20. The issue is all the dirty money they've stolen from the Russian government. n/t

[uponit7771]

21. It is as president when there are emolument violations involved like having foreign cosigned debt

[Cicada]

22. The emoluments clause only applies to money from foreign govts or nobility

Oligarchs are individuals.

[pnwmom]

19. Maybe that was part of the counterintelligence investigation referred to the FBI. n/t