BREAKING: Senate Russia investigators ask Treasury for Trump team financial information

[fleur-de-lisa]

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/senate-russia-investigation-donald-trump/index.html

(CNN)Senate Russia investigators have sent a request to the Treasury Department's criminal investigation division for any information related to President Donald Trump, his top officials and his campaign aides, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee told CNN Tuesday.

"We've made a request, to FinCEN in the Treasury Department, to make sure, not just for example vis-a-vis the President, but just overall our effort to try to follow the intel no matter where it leads," Sen. Mark Warner told CNN. "You get materials that show if there have been, what level of financial ties between, I mean some of the stuff, some of the Trump-related officials, Trump campaign-related officials and other officials and where those dollars flow -- not necessarily from Russia."

FinCEN is the federal agency that has been investigating allegations of foreign money-laundering through purchases of US real estate.

The news comes just a few days after the revelation that Senate investigators sent broad-based requests for documents to four key potential witnesses in their probe: former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former adviser Roger Stone and former foreign policy adviser Carter Page.

[dalton99a]

1. And Graham said he's not interested in Trump's business dealings

Figures

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. DU and CNN are reporting the exact opposite to your post title.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141769604

Further, Graham is not on the Intelligence Committee.

[dalton99a]

4. It's in the last paragraph of CNN story:

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/senate-russia-investigation-donald-trump/index.html

Graham later walked back those comments, saying he is broadly interested in "all things Russia" and was not specifically targeting Trump's business dealings.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. I missed that. Thanks! But note that "not specifically targetting" not same as "not interested". nt

[femmocrat]

2. Please, oh please, let there be incriminating documents.

Unless drumpf had munchkin scrub the files!

[NBachers]

6. Here comes the meat.

[Thrill]

7. What about Trump's tax returns? Fuck his team

[Hekate]

8. Comey's firing comes as a helluva distraction, doesn't it?

The Trump Presidency is starting to unravel.

[dem4decades]

9. Unravel? It sure looks like an effort to solidify power. Are you counting on Republicans to do the

right thing?

[Hekate]

11. I'm counting on Trump to behave more and more desperately, like Dick Nixon....

....as the noose tightened.

He's going down.

[dem4decades]

12. I can only hope you're correct but the Republicans hold all the cards.

[Blue_Roses]

16. I agree

this was the act of a desperate president.

[Demtexan]

24. Hope you are right.

To many foxes in the hen house.

[Grammy23]

13. I'm guessing someone was getting too close to the truth for tRump.

This is a shiny distraction to buy time. tRump is not especially familiar with the past and is probably going on gut instinct. He will try to get rid of anyone he thinks is coming too close to breaking this wide open.

I believe he has made things much worse for himself. He might get a short term gain out of this ....very short. Once it sinks in what he has done, more people will not be satisfied with his answers. He is in for a very rough ride and he might want to read up on Nixon's fall. It's always the cover up that trips them up.

Pull up a chair. Pop some corn. This whole thing just got velllly interesting.....

[Hekate]

14. I'm melting some extra butter for the popcorn. Want some?

[Grammy23]

23. Love buttered popcorn. We mostly eat low carb around our house.

So popcorn is usually out. For THIS, I'll make an exception!

[kentuck]

10. Who's gonna prosecute?

The Senate doesn't prosecute.

[Blue_Roses]

17. Last week Comey said there are two

prosecutors working on this.

Here:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4668319/comey-talking-two-sets-prosecutors-trump-russia-case

[Abu Pepe]

18. I think a special prosecutor would have to be appointed by the deputy ag

the same guy who recommended they fire comey.

[lindysalsagal]

15. and so now, Flynn, Stone, and Page have some biiiig decisions to make: "him, or me?"

Gonna be hard to fall on a sword for a fool who's likely gonna wind up impeached or idicted or jailed.

The old tradition of taking one for the team doesn't apply: fRump isn't on a team. He's a real estate mogal, with no perks to offer anyone.

[47of74]

19. Some of these guys are such fucks that they'll gladly take one for the team

[Honeycombe8]

20. Sounds routine. Like Trump filed a doc w/the Treasury called, "HERE'S WHAT I GOT ILLEGALLY FROM

RUSSIA"?

WTH?

[spanone]

21. K&R...

[ThoughtCriminal]

22. Get. The. Tax. Returns. NOW!

Forget the lame excuses for not doing that months ago.