May 30, 2019: Trials of Disgustus, Sordid Financial Dealings, Suspicious Financial Transactions

The trials of Disgustus continues unabated. As our intrepid Caesar attempts to stymie congressional probes into the morass of his sordid financial dealings, the State of New York had opened yet another front in the war for truth. The New York legislature has just passed a measure, about to be signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, that “would authorize state tax officials to release the president's state returns to any one of three congressional committees.” (1)

In an article appearing in The New York Times, the legal maneuvering over the release of Trump's Tax and bank records is updated, noting at length the two cases decided this week that Disgustus must comply with Congressional requests for information. But buried deep in the article, on page 21, the authors note that:

“The legal setbacks for the president and his family came days after the New York Times reported that Deutsche Bank anti-money laundering specialists had flagged potentially suspicious transaction involving legal entities controlled by Mr. Trump and his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner. Bank managers overruled those employees and chose not to report the transactions to a federal agency that polices financial crimes...

“Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that congressional investigators were seeking to interview a former Deutche Bank employee, Tammy McFadden, who told The Times that she had seen Mr. Kushner's family company moving money to Russian individuals in the summer of 2016.” (2)

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has promised an investigation, directing the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, under his purview, to look into the matter. But Mnuchin is currently stonewalling the Congress on the release of tRUMP's tax returns to the relevant committees in clear violation of a 1924 Teapot Dome-era law requiring the Secretary and the IRS to hand over such information.

Questions abound? How much money? To whom were these funds transferred? To what purpose? Were they election-related and part of a conspiracy to subvert the electoral process of this republic? Was this simple money-laundering? And, why were these flagged transactions not reported?

Mueller and his team stood mute in their report on tRUMP's financial dealings as well as those of the Kushner clan; for Mueller had decided to circumscribe his probe to such an extent that the questions of intent were not fully explored. Had they been the financial web of the tRUMP and Kushner enterprises would have been gone over with a fine-tooth comb. There are reasons Disgustus has gone to such lengths to hide his dealings, lengths that have put his tenuous claim to this bastard presidency at serious risk. This latest series of revelations only further underscores the need for a full-fledged impeachment probe.

An Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh

Impeach and Imprison.

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1. Flitter, Emily; McKinley, Jesse; Enrich, David and Fandos, Nicholas. “Trump Records Move 2 Steps Toward Light, Judge Backs Subpoena and Albany Closes In” The New York Times. Thursday, May 23, 2019: Pages A1 & A21. See page A21
2. Ibid.