Congresswoman Maxine Waters, chairwoman of the Financial Services Committee, said the institution only recently agreed to cooperate after Democrats took control of the House.
A key House Democrat revealed Friday evening that staffers on the Financial Services Committee were coordinating with attorneys at Deutsche Bank in order to obtain President Donald Trump’s past financial dealings with the institution and investigate any potential wrongdoing, including money laundering.
Waters and others on the committee first sent letters requesting documents from the bank about their dealings with Trump last year, but “they were not responsive because they did not feel we had the authority to demand anything from them.” The congressional probe is one of a laundry list of issues House Democrats are investigating with their newfound majority powers.
Such revelations prompted Democrats to say they now want to hear from Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg and the president’s eldest son Donald Trump, Jr., both of whom Cohen said have knowledge of the alleged financial wrongdoing.
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