EXCLUSIVE @CNNPolitics: For more 3+ years, federal prosecutors investigated whether money flowing through an Egyptian state-owned bank could have backed $10M Trump donated to his own campaign days before the 2016 election cnn.com/2020/10/14/pol…
This story from @evanperez @jeremyherb and me comes after 2 years of following breadcrumbs in documents, countless hours of #CNNStakeout, source reporting—from when we first noticed a mystery case in DC District Court related to the Mueller investigation
Details we learned:
-This investigation was one of the most prolonged efforts by federal investigators to understand the President's foreign financial ties
-It was a significant, hidden part of Mueller's special counsel's office, for nearly its entire tenure
-This investigation was one of the most prolonged efforts by federal investigators to understand the President's foreign financial ties
-It was a significant, hidden part of Mueller's special counsel's office, for nearly its entire tenure
The prolonged mystery Mueller grand jury subpoena fight (that went to SCOTUS before they denied cert!) related to this investigation.
Mueller, then the DC USAO were seeking records from a state-owned Egyptian bank. Ultimately, it was a dead end.
Mueller, then the DC USAO were seeking records from a state-owned Egyptian bank. Ultimately, it was a dead end.
This is the investigation Mueller prosecutor Zainab Ahmad worked on for much of her time at the SCO.
@AWeissmann_ in his book talks about Mueller having 3 teams (Manafort, Russia, Team 600).
But there were 4--and Ahmad on that 4th team pursuing the Egypt questions
@AWeissmann_ in his book talks about Mueller having 3 teams (Manafort, Russia, Team 600).
But there were 4--and Ahmad on that 4th team pursuing the Egypt questions
Mueller handed the investigation off to the DC US Attorney's Office, calling it a "foreign campaign contribution" investigation in his list of transferred cases.
The Mueller report doesn't describe it with any more detail.
The Mueller report doesn't describe it with any more detail.
DC USAO Jessie Liu decided last year there wasn’t sufficient information for a subpoena for more info related to Trump records.
Some prosecutors disagreed--believing it became impossible to resolve questions about Trump's 2016 donation.
USAO Sherwin ultimately closed the case.
Some prosecutors disagreed--believing it became impossible to resolve questions about Trump's 2016 donation.
USAO Sherwin ultimately closed the case.
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