Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization, Demanding Documents About Russia
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. The order is the first known time that the special counsel demanded documents directly related to President Trumps businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president.
The breadth of the subpoena was not clear, nor was it clear why Mr. Mueller issued it instead of simply asking for the documents from the company, an umbrella organization that oversees Mr. Trumps business ventures. In the subpoena, delivered in recent weeks, Mr. Mueller ordered the Trump Organization to hand over all documents related to Russia and other topics he is investigating, the people said.
The subpoena is the latest indication that the investigation, which Mr. Trumps lawyers once regularly assured him would be completed by now, will drag on for at least several more months. Word of the subpoena comes as Mr. Mueller appears to be broadening his investigation to examine the role foreign money may have played in funding Mr. Trumps political activities. In recent weeks, Mr. Muellers investigators have questioned witnesses, including an adviser to the United Arab Emirates, about the flow of Emirati money into the United States.
Neither White House officials nor Alan S. Futerfas, a lawyer representing the Trump Organization, immediately responded to requests for comment. The Trump Organization has typically complied with requests from congressional investigators for documents for their own inquiries into Russian election interference, and there was no indication the company planned to fight Mr. Mueller about it.
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mobeau69
(11,079 posts)erlewyne
(1,115 posts)Back in the army ... I was drafted
Many of my fellows were from New York. I was an okie from ohio.
We traine at Ft. Ding-a-ling. They talked about "the Mummy".
The Mummy was slow, real slow and he was pursuing us. We all
volunteered for Viet Nam and were sent to Germany. We were
so fortunate but we knew they were going to get us. We were
going to be reassigned to Viet Nam. We just waited for "the
mummy".
Please feel for Trump, cadet "bone spurs". He has a mummy, I mean,
he has Mueller. We ran, we outdistanced the Mummy, and every day
we read the news, Viet Nam. he mummy was already at our doorstep,
plodding, slow, we were going to get re-apportioned to Viet Nam.
Each day, 1968, thay needed more troops.
March, 2018, I have dreams, I am re-apportioned to Viet Nam. Each
minute Trump has Mueller.
janx
(24,128 posts)Mueller is always in the background.
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)I think this is going to end like a Greek tragedy for Dotard. He gains the WH but loses everything else. And he only wanted to be loved more than Obama. Bahahahahahaha!
underpants
(182,281 posts)You could get "McEntee'd" at a moments notice.
getagrip_already
(14,250 posts)for sessions getting booted and pruit coming in.
He could for example make a motion to one of his judges to block removing rosenstein from his supervisory role. He could claim that he has established a pattern of obstruction of justice from trump himself, and argue that appointing pruit is an extension of that obstruction, citing ways that pruit could effectively kill the investigation without firing him.
It makes sense a judge might restrain pruit from taking control or firing rosenstein.
Lets hope so anyway.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,369 posts)Not illegal, but formal enough that if Trump fires Sessions, replaces him with Pruitt, who tries to shut down the investigation with outstanding subpoenas and possibly sealed indictments, a case fo obstruction might be more easily made.
wishstar
(5,267 posts)lamp_shade
(14,796 posts)shanny
(6,709 posts)"...in the subpoena, delivered in recent weeks...." probably explains the recent aura of panic in the WH.
Deb
(3,742 posts)Hurry Mr. Meuller, hurry! What can we do to help?
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Maeve
(42,224 posts)H2O Man
(73,333 posts)Recommended!
PunksMom
(440 posts)JawJaw
(722 posts)C Moon
(12,188 posts)SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)I believe this will set the wheels of firing Mueller turning. Here comes a Constitutional showdown, ready or not.
C Moon
(12,188 posts)SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)we'll hear about it when he takes his morning dump. That seems to be when he likes 'tweeting' the best.
C Moon
(12,188 posts)SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)the gag reflex, doesn't it.
erronis
(14,955 posts)Although I think I read that Mickie-D is talking about using only real stuff.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)The rumor is that Trump will fire Sessions and replace him with Pruitt who has already been confirmed by Congress, Pruitt would then be the one to fire Rosenstein and Mueller.
It would then be up to Congress, which would do what?
George II
(67,782 posts)...both have to be re-confirmed in their new positions. And it's looking like Pompeo may have a tough go in the Senate.
CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)snip...
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he is not currently urging his caucus to oppose Mike Pompeo's nomination to be secretary of State or Gina Haspel's nomination to lead the CIA.
"At this point, I am not," Schumer told reporters on Tuesday, while stressing both nominees will face "unanswered" and "outstanding" questions.
more...
Pompeo was confirmed for his current post in a 66-32 vote last year. Fourteen Democrats, including Schumer, and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), supported him for the post.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Trump doesn't appear to be discussing these things with hardly anyone. He told Larry Kudlow that he hadn't discussed his appointment with a single person.
So perhaps he discussed the Session firing/Pruitt replacement with 4-5 folks max.
Times report seemed to have 3 sources.
It seems like whoever he talked about it with joined together to leak it to sabotage the move.
Maybe they leaked it to kill it.
SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)Wouldn't it be great if there were still patriots among Shitler's henchmen?
wishstar
(5,267 posts)since McGahn himself does not want to be charged with perjury or being a party to to Trump's coverups and obstruction
erronis
(14,955 posts)When you're on a conference call to Moscow do all the wiretaps count as one of those 4-5 folks max?
And I wonder what stories the translators have to tell - if they stay alive.
Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)of justice also?
gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)Everyday another assault on our country from chump and his cabal.
George II
(67,782 posts)...to fire Mueller it could also trigger the beginning of the end for trump.
I was laying in bed this morning thinking about all the turmoil in the cabinet (pretty sad way to start the day!) - Tillerson, possibly Mattis and Sessions. It got me thinking that there might be something big coming from Mueller.
This wasn't as big as I thought, but it's a start. It gets the ball rolling.
getagrip_already
(14,250 posts)so lets hope he is too much of a whimp to try it. Let's also hope muehler is ready for it and has an injuntion waiting to prevent pruit from taking control away from rosenstein.
Drum
(8,917 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)lindalou65
(253 posts)This is really great!!! Thanks for posting!
knightmaar
(748 posts)... the one in that video was actually tasteful.
duforsure
(11,882 posts)Rather than submit these documents, or testify for Mueller. Its coming , then it'll really backfire on Trump and all those involved. Tump knows he's already been caught, and getting more desperate every day. Many in the GOP, and in Congress will face prison time if they refuse to do anything to protect Mueller .
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)I smell set up.
duhneece
(4,105 posts)How could anyone in Congress be arrested and by whom?
duforsure
(11,882 posts)Or lied to Congress. Or knew about corruption and was a part of it. Especially if it was organized.
duhneece
(4,105 posts)I have doubts
ButSeeYa
(273 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Fire Sessions to fire Muller? This explains the chatter about replacing Sessions. If Sessions doesn't fire McCabe, Trump has an excuse.
McCabe met with Rosenstein this morning: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210362534
janx
(24,128 posts)The subpoena apparently arrived in "recent weeks." Now that the news is out, things will escalate.
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)along than I may think he is, and some hope is restored bc I swear I am going whacko crazy lately (which, I know, I should be used to by now, right?!?!?)
Thanks as ever, MelissaB - say, is the B here for
BOOM!!?
Ohhhh, on edit: ...Mr. Mueller issued it instead of simply asking for the documents from the company...
Mr. Muellers bout had it with this shit
Hang tough, sir
Doodley
(8,976 posts)had a lot of paper shredded and emails wiped away.
janx
(24,128 posts)In other words, he's not just grabbing in the dark. He most likely has corroborating evidence that he needed for probable cause.
wishstar
(5,267 posts)so that Trump couldn't claim overreach as excuse to shut it down. Now that reports have revealed that Trump Tower/Moscow was still on table with Cohen's involvement in 2016 , Trump's claim of no business involvement with Russia has been revealed as false.
erronis
(14,955 posts)to commit perjury.
Delish!
Pluvious
(4,278 posts)... That Mueller's teams have not only studied Benedict Bonespurs' tax returns, but also the trove of banking data of the org's activities.
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)SeattleVet
(5,468 posts)Note from the article: "In the subpoena, delivered in recent weeks, ..."
This is something they have known about for a little while now, not something that was served today.
This explains a LOT of the recent headline-grabbing crap that P(ee)OTUS has been pulling, along with the recent firings - letting him set up to get rid of Sessions, Mueller, and anyone else that may have the goods on him.
bearsfootball516
(6,369 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Johnny2X2X
(18,745 posts)The token and meaningless Russian Sanctions Trump finally implemented today were a transparent attempt to distract from this subpoena. Trump is like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar, "But mom, I saw some cookies on the counter and was just putting them back into the cookie jar, honest."
Trump will now tweet, "Nobody has been tougher on Russia than me."
orangecrush
(19,237 posts)Ligyron
(7,592 posts)that Trump had something criminal to hide that I don't think he'd dare do it unless the crimes far outweighed the optics.
In that event, there's a decent chance that Congress might step in and do their job.
Calista241
(5,584 posts)I mean, shouldn't this have been one of the first things he looked at?
grantcart
(53,061 posts)wonder what it will be like when we get to the next level of indictments.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)How recent?
Was there a deadline given to Trump Corp.?
K&R
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)The UAE, Qatar, Seychelles, Japan, Saudi Arabia are all involved with money laundering with the Moron and his family. They never thought he would win so the moron and family said, "Let's make as much money as we can since we won't win and therefore no investigations will be coming to look into our money laundering deals". They were working with many foreign countries for personal financial benefit. The idiot always wanted to be a world player and oligarch. After he did win they still were stupid enough to continue doing it during the transition and were using his new position to make more political deals based on family business profits and political favors. This is going to take a long time to investigate and do it thoroughly. There has never been corruption on this scale in US politics ever!
rufnear
(29 posts)Considering a few days ago, a few of us thought Mueller had all but thrown in the towel. I now think he's truly committed. This is getting good.
Locrian
(4,522 posts)trump is a pretty stupid business man
He thought he could just use the whole thing to make a ton of cash, lose, then ride the wave of anti-hrc that would have erupted had she won.
but he accidentally won - and is now screwed.
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)This is 2018.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)And you just know that every single person in this administration has 24 toolbars on their browser and wonders why they have to close pop-up ads for penis enlargement pills every three seconds.
Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)Bayard
(21,806 posts)I think they have no qualms about doing that. I am hoping Mueller has other proof, and is just wanting these as confirmation and/or backup.