Mueller Probe Expands to Trump, Kushner Businesses
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Paul Manafort, pictured above at last summer's Republican National Convention.
What’s the story?
In an interview with the New York Times published Wednesday, President Trump maintained that the special counsel probe headed by Robert Mueller would be overstepping its bounds if it looked into his businesses. Bloomberg now reports that they are doing just that.
Why does it matter?
Bloomberg received an email Thursday from one of Trump’s lawyers, John Dowd, stating that he believed looking into Trump’s businesses was beyond the scope of the special counsel’s directive:
"Those transactions are in my view well beyond the mandate of the Special counsel; are unrelated to the election of 2016 or any alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and most importantly, are well beyond any Statute of Limitation imposed by the United States Code."
In the order from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointing Mueller, however, it states that "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign" as well as “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation,” fall under Mueller’s mandate, suggesting that this type of inquiry may not be out of bounds.
According to Bloomberg’s source, a person familiar with the special counsel probe:
"FBI investigators and others are looking at Russian purchases of apartments in Trump buildings, Trump’s involvement in a controversial SoHo development in New York with Russian associates, the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow and Trump’s sale of a Florida mansion to a Russian oligarch in 2008”
The probe is also looking into the financial dealings of Wilbur Ross, Commerce Secretary, and Jared Kushner, senior advisor and the president’s son-in-law. The probe has also taken over the money-laundering investigation concerning former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort that started under former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
What can you do?
Do you support the special counsel probe pursuing a broad mandate in their investigation of President Trump, his administration officials, and Russia? Or do you think it is overstepping its bounds?
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— Asha Sanaker
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