


That fact makes it hard to know exactly what Mueller is looking for, what it has to do with Russia or the Trump Organization’s business in the country and why he needed to subpoena the documents as opposed to simply asking for them.īut what we do know is that President Donald Trump – and his lawyers – have warned Mueller against a widening of the probe to include things that happened before Trump became a candidate or having to do with his real estate business. The details of the subpoena are not available. This program aired on July 24, 2017.Special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for business documents – some of which are related to Russia, according to The New York Times – a move that represents the latest evidence that the probe seems to have widened to include far more than simply Russia’s attempts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s legal team was working to discredit or short-circuit the special counsel probe." Wall Street Journal: Attorney Says Trump Legal Team Not Working to Discredit Russia Probe - "An attorney for President Donald Trump praised the work of prosecutors involved in the Russia investigation and disputed the notion that the White House or Mr. Mueller III’s Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing the president’s authority to grant pardons, according to people familiar with the effort." Washington Post: Trump team seeks to control, block Mueller’s Russia investigation - "Some of President Trump’s lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. ( From Tom's Reading Listīloomberg: Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions - "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 person said." Former chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. ( Painter, professor of corporate law at the University of Minnesota. ( Leonnig, reporter at the Washington Post. Greg Farrell, reporter at Bloomberg News. This hour On Point: Donald Trump, Robert Mueller, and Russia. Would he fire Mueller? And what then? We’ve got the reporters who are all over this and a former White House ethics chief.

The President said last week that would be going too far. As special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s team digs into Donald Trump’s business and finances. The president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Robert Mueller’s investigation is looking into Trump finances and Russia.
