{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-special-counsels-subpoena-of-deutsche-bank-records", "Blumenthal Statement on Special Counsel's Subpoena of Deutsche Bank Records", "2017-12-05", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Richard Blumenthal", "B001277", "www.blumenthal.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Blumenthal Statement on Special Counsel's Subpoena of Deutsche Bank Records\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Tweet\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tTuesday, December 5, 2017\n\t\t\t[WASHINGTON, DC] \u2013 U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the statement below following reports that Special Counsel Mueller has issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank in relation to President Trump\u2019s financial records.\r\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s foreign financial dealings are clearly within the purview of the Special Counsel\u2019s inquiry. The first rule of an investigation like Special Counsel Mueller\u2019s is: follow the money. Deutsche Bank isn\u2019t just one of the Trump Organization\u2019s largest lenders \u2013 for years, it was the lender of last resort after repeated defaults and bankruptcies. President Trump stills owes Deutsche Bank, which itself remains under criminal investigation for a multi-billion dollar Russian oligarch money-laundering scheme,\u201d Blumenthal said. \u201cAs Special Counsel Mueller presses forward, and comes closer to the President\u2019s own conduct in this case, it is increasingly urgent that the Senate Judiciary Committee move forward with legislation to protect his investigation from the threat of political interference.\u201d\r\nBlumenthal first raised concerns about President Trump\u2019s relationship with Deutsche Bank more than a year ago following widespread reports \u2013 including an investigation by ABC News \u2013\u00a0into how President Trump\u2019s financial interests in the Trump Organization would expose our government to unprecedented conflicts of interest. In November 2016, Blumenthal called on then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint a Special Counsel to oversee the Department of Justice\u2019s investigation into Deutsche Bank\u2019s role in the 2008 financial crisis and potential wrongdoing in a multi-billion-dollar offshore trading and money laundering scheme. The full text of Blumenthal\u2019s letter is available here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-special-counsels-subpoena-of-deutsche-bank-records"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.534180250018835, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}