Betsy Woodruff is reporting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is working with yet another investigative team.
According to sources familiar with his investigation into alleged Russian election interference, his probe has enlisted the help of agents from the IRS’ Criminal Investigations unit.
Finances have long been at the heart of the Trump–Russia investigation. Trump was on the receiving end of hundreds of millions from oligarchs attempting to get funds out of Eastern Europe. That money recharged Trump’s bankrupt real estate business and gave him a second wind as a premiere route for money laundering.
In other words, after his business crashed, Trump was floated and made to appear to operate a successful business enterprise through the infusion of hundreds in millions of cash from dark Russian sources.
Donald Trump’s purposely entangled “empire” of over 500 companies, the obscure foreign sources of much of his funding, and the contradictions between his claims and reality are all big reasons that Trump has panicked over the thought that Mueller was looking hard at financial crimes. For Republicans looking for an excuse to limit the investigation, this latest word may provide fuel.
The team-up between the IRS and Mueller probe could come with political complications. Mueller has already taken some criticism for the number of Democratic donors on his team. Those critiques intensified yesterday, when word leaked that Mueller was coordinating some of his activities with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a long-time Trump adversary.
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