Reputed federal informant, whistleblower found dead in L.A. after he's reported missing

…Federal and state authorities were scrutinizing allegations of criminal misconduct and the bank's long relationship with former President Donald Trump, the newspaper reported...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reputed-federal-informant-whistleblower-found-dead-l-reported-missing-rcna26382

The FARA Faucet (feat. Jill Wine-Banks) (Allison Gill; Mueller, She Wrote podcast)

This week: 

• an update on Deutsche Bank investigations; 
• new regulatory modifications to FARA laws; 
• how Jim Baker has blown holes in Durham’s indictment of Sussman who handed over Alfa-Bank server communication data to the FBI and the CIA; 
• a big loss in court for Julian Assange; 
• a chat with Jill Wine-Banks about the Mark Meadows lawsuit against Nancy Pelosi and the January 6th Committee; 
• plus some Sabotage and the Fantasy Indictment League.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-hmy9i-119942b2

Trump’s Bank Was Subpoenaed by N.Y. Prosecutors in Criminal Inquiry - The New York Times

The subpoena, sent to Deutsche Bank, suggests that the inquiry into President Trump’s business practices is more wide-ranging than previously known. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/nyregion/trump-taxes-vance-deutsche-bank.html

How Deutsche Bank Became The Go-To Financial Institution For Donald Trump (Diane Rehm, On My Mind)

Like many of us, the Supreme Court is now working remotely. On their docket this month is a closely watched case about whether Congress can force Deutsche Bank to turn over President Trump’s financial information.

David Enrich is a financial editor at the New York Times. He’s spent the last two years investigating the German financial giant. And in a new book he tells the story of how Deutsche Bank became an example of international greed and recklessness — and the go-to financial institution for the man who would become our president.

In February, before coronavirus upended our lives, David Enrich joined Diane to discuss his book, “Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump and An Epic Trail of Destruction.”
Interview:
https://dianerehm.org/shows/2020-05-05/how-deutsche-bank-became-the-go-to-financial-institution-for-donald-trump

Dark Towers review: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump and a must-read mystery

Steve Bannon, the brains behind Donald Trump’s upset election victory, saw the danger posed by the cash cravings of the First Family. In Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff chronicled Bannon drawing a direct line between purported dark doings at Deutsche Bank and Jared Kushner’s brushes with the Mueller investigation: “This is all about money laundering … It goes through Deutsche Bank and all the Kushner shit.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/16/dark-towers-review-deutsche-bank-donald-trump

Russian oligarch bombshell would ‘make impeachment proceedings absolutely inevitable’: NBC analyst - Raw Story

Fast-tracked impeachment hearings will occur this fall if the bombshell report is true that President Donald Trump had loans with Deutsche Bank co-signed by Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/russian-oligarch-bombshell-would-make-impeachment-proceedings-absolutely-inevitable-nbc-analyst/

Trump lashes out after report bank found suspicious transactions - POLITICO

The president also launched into a broader criticism of the news media.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/20/donald-trump-twitter-deutsche-bank-1334358

Deutsche Wanna Loan? (Opening Arguments podcast OA279)

Today’s episode breaks down everything you need to know about the pending Trump v. Deutsche Bank lawsuit over the pending Congressional subpoenas for Donald Trump’s (and Don Jr.’s, and Eric’s, and Ivanka’s, and the Trump Organization’s) financial records. Why is Trump suing Deutsche Bank, and what’s going to happen? Find out why Andrew is still optimistic!

We begin, however, with the breaking news that Trump has pardoned Conrad Black. Who is he? Should this be a scandal? (Yes.) Will it be? (No.) And is Conrad Black a gigantic racist? (Guess.)
Then, it’s time for the main segment about Trump v. Deutsche Bank. We talk about the unique legal standard in the Second Circuit that gives the Trump legal team a legitimate thread by which to argue for their injunction preventing Deutsche Bank from disclosing Trump’s financial records to the House Committee.

Then, it’s time to answer a listener question from Rob Bate about conspiracy, obstruction, and the Mueller Report.

After all that, it’s time for a brand-new Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #126 involving whether shooting a would-be assailant who has broken off her attack is homicide, and if so, what kind.
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa279-deutsche-wanna-loan/

Deutsche Bank employees reportedly flagged suspicious transactions involving Trump and Kushner - NBC News

Tammy McFadden, a former Deutsche Bank employee, said she reviewed transactions that involved Kushner's company and Russians in the summer of 2016.....
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/deutsche-bank-employees-reportedly-flagged-suspicious-transactions-involving-trump-kushner-n1007501

Congress hasn't seen Trump's taxes, but Deutsche Bank has ... thanks to Ivanka - Daily Kos

One of the things that was made clear in Michael Cohen's testimony to Congress was that Donald Trump has committed bank fraud. Just like his campaign manager, Paul Manafort, Trump provided banks with purposely incorrect information about his assets, debts, and total net worth. And yet, one of those banks—Deutsche Bank—gave Trump loans even after he had defaulted on previous loans to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/3/1855123/-Congress-hasn-t-seen-Trump-s-taxes-but-Deutsche-Bank-has-thanks-to-Ivanka

Trump is ‘compromised by his own corruption’: Ex-FBI official says there’s an ongoing counterintelligence investigation of Trump - Raw Story

The former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI suggested the division likely has an ongoing investigation into President Donald Trump -- and that agents are cooperating with Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee. MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace interviewed Frank Figliuzzi for analysis of Trump's latest legal moves as he attempts to keep his finances...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/trump-is-compromised-by-his-own-corruption-ex-fbi-official-says-theres-an-ongoing-counterintelligence-investigation-of-trump/

Trump’s Week Goes from Bad to Screaming into a Bag of Big Macs - Vanity Fair

Deutsche Bank is telling prosecutors everything it knows about the president's financial web of lies....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/deutsche-bank-trump-new-york-attorney-general

Deutsche Bank turns over records on Donald Trump's business to Maxine Waters' committee | Salon.com

Deutsche Bank has begun to cooperate with the House Financial Services Committee’s investigation into President Trump and has turned over records related to its dealings with him, according to Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the committee chair...
https://www.salon.com/2019/03/27/deutsche-bank-turns-over-records-on-donald-trumps-business-to-maxine-waters-committee/

A Mar-a-Lago Weekend and an Act of God: Trump’s History With Deutsche Bank - The New York Times

Deutsche Bank's hunger for profits and risk led it to lend Donald Trump more than $2 billion. Once he was elected president, employees were told not to utter his name...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/business/trump-deutsche-bank.html

Trump's Deutsche Bank woes are worse than you think: MSNBC federal law enforcement contributor - Raw Story

A federal law enforcement reporter pointed out one of the under-reported threads in the bombshell New York Times report about Donald Trump seeking out a loan from Deutsche Bank in 2016 — for which he was rejected. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trumps-deutsche-bank-woes-worse-think-msnbc-federal-law-enforcement-contributor/

Jared Kushner's Firm Tied to "Suspicious Transactions" at German Bank -- Mother Jones

A German business magazine is reporting that Deutsche Bank, the German financial giant which is a major lender to both President Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, identified "suspicious transactions" related to Kushner family accounts, and has reported them to German banking regulators. The bank is reportedly willing to provide the information to special...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/deutsche-bank-reports-suspicious-activity-related-to-jared-kushners-accounts-1/

Democrats Want To Probe Trump Ties To Deutsche Bank. GOP Says, No Thanks -- NPR

President Trump has a special relationship with Deutsche Bank. Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee wanted a probe of the German bank. Republicans said no. Here's the back story. ...
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539314966/democrats-say-probe-trump-ties-to-deutsche-bank-gop-says-no-thanks

House Dems Investigating Trump Loans for Russian Connections

Since Donald Trump became a presidential candidate, journalists and investigators looking at his business holdings have wondered if there are any Russian connections to the complicated and opaque finances of his real estate empire. So far, no solid evidence of a Moscow link has emerged. But on Wednesday a group of House Democrats took a significant step on this front. They sent a letter to German banking giant Deutsche Bank asking for information regarding the four large loans Trump has received from the bank. In particular, the lawmakers are looking for information indicating whether the Russian government guaranteed any of the Trump loans or if these transactions "were in any way connected to Russia." ...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/trump-deutsche-bank-loans-russia