TRUMP HANDS OVER BUSINESS DOCUMENTS TO MUELLER

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Newsweek


BY ZACHARY FRYER-BIGGS ON 1/4/18 AT 5:10 PM

President Donald Trump’s legal team has handed over to Special Counsel Robert Mueller business documents that include details about Trump’s effort to build a hotel in Moscow, his campaign’s communications with WikiLeaks and Trump Tower meeting when some of his senior campaign staffers sought to get dirt on Hillary Clinton from a Russian lawyer, according to a report by CNN.

Also given to congressional investigators, the documents cover the years 2015 through 2017 and include records of conversations by employees of Trump's business but no financial records, according to CNN’s sources.

Given to investigators in 2017, the documents also include internal communications about Trump’s April 2016 campaign speech on foreign policy and about an October 2016 speech Donald Trump Jr. delivered to a group in Paris that is closely tied to the Kremlin. Trump Jr. received $50,000 for the speech.

The White House directed a request for comment to Trump’s lawyer for the Russia inquiry, Ty Cobb, who declined to comment to Newsweek.

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-hands-business-documents-mueller-report-771265?piano_t=1

[Happyhippychick]

1. Anyone else think that Mueller already has these and wants to see if Trump edits?

[zentrum]

5. Or something....

It seems deceptively easy to me. Can't believe the important documents were really handed over without years of obstruction and countersuing etc.

[.99center]

10. They withheld the financial docs...

How do you know that the "important" documents were handed over?

[volstork]

13. I know, right?

It was probably his list for Santa and some old dry-cleaning receipts. Maybe a coupon for $1 off a Filet-O-Fish.

[zentrum]

20. That's what I'm saying.

The important documents were not handed over. Something unimportant, more or less, was.

[Lucinda]

14. Yup!

[calimary]

15. I bet you're right!

trump has never had to deal with somebody like Mueller. I heard some talking head this morning opine about how trump is accustomed to dealing with some low-ranking assistant district attorney in Manhattan whom he can bully, try to impress by throwing his weight around, or maybe cross a few palms with a few extra pieces of silver. He's never been up against somebody like Robert Mueller. He's in so far over his head on this that he might as well try to build a hotel/casino at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

[Calista241]

21. Those documents were thoroughly reviewed by the Trump legal team before being

turned over.

I think that if Trump is ever caught for anything, it won't stem from documents his team voluntarily turned over to Mueller and Congressional committee's.

We know that no Trump properties were ever realized in Russia, except for a short lived Vodka branding license back in 2008.

[uppityperson]

25. Ha!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Once the Legal Beagels get

done will the read through,then things are going to hit the blower.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Business documents but no financials??

If Mueller doesn't get the tax returns plus both sets of books, it's just not a complete picture.

Keeping two sets of books is an old accounting trick. Hard to believe that wasn't practiced in this case.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Mueller probably already has the tax returns.

They could have been subpoenaed directly from the IRS without Trump even knowing about it. There are people who work for the FBI called forensic accountants who are able to analyze business records and find anomalies based on the continuity of the records, tax returns and other records. If the books are cooked Mueller's people will notice.

[dweller]

24. would have to believe Mueller has tax returns by now

as it's gov't docs/data, and he has subpoena power ?

[Me.]

4. duu duuuunnnn duun... duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn

[BumRushDaShow]

6. I bet it ain't even a fraction of what he should have turned over

but that Mueller probably already has!

[ffr]

7. Here's the photo of what Mueller's team was given

The exchange was made at Office Depot, a source revealed.

[regnaD kciN]

9. Unlikely...

...Trump would demand to use paper from old-growth trees cut down in national parks.

[Lucky Luciano]

23. Indeed, he only uses giant sequoia paper. nt

[ffr]

26. ... it was meant as a joke.

Reams and reams of blank pages. Anything else provided would be incriminating.

[SkatmanRoth]

8. Hoisted by his own petard

Heave - Ho Mr. Mueller, we await the charges that will end our nightmare.

[dlk]

12. It's Likely Trump Has More Than One Set of Books and Records -- Which Ones Did He Submit to Mueller?

It's doubtful Trump turned over anything remotely approaching comprehensive and accurate documents. Once a crook...

[calimary]

16. So far, it strikes me that Robert Mueller is a real pro who follows that "lawyers' rule" -

Never ask a question that you don't already know the answer to.

I've heard lots of speculation that Mueller may already have the tax returns. I'd bet he does. Robert Mueller is a seasoned pro whose track record entitles him to be taken VERY seriously. He's not some rube that trump's used to pulling a con upon, or some subcontractor trump plans to stiff because he simply doesn't feel like paying for work that was done. Mueller wasn't born yesterday.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Excerpt says NO books. Only records of conversations and such. NO financial records.

Trump is trying to stonewall on that, which makes it crystal clear that is where the nub of the case is. Undoubtedly money laundering and possibly blackmail. Plus probably would expose the fact that Trump is a failure as a businessperson and that his empire is a house of cards.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Trump trying to stonewall on financial records, trying to claim Mueller over-reaching. . nt

[mgardener]

19. By not totally divesting himself of his business interests.....

He is still reaping the profits from his business empire.
If money laundering is discovered and has continued through the time he has been POTUS, can he be charged?

[FakeNoose]

22. Cheeto still doesn't know what emoluments means