{"id":135795,"date":"2018-01-10T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135795"},"modified":"2018-01-11T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T05:01:10","slug":"draining-swamp-right-coffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/10\/draining-swamp-right-coffers.html","title":{"rendered":"Draining the swamp … right into his own coffers"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s good<\/i> to have the President of the United States owe you millions of dollars.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank \u2014 which is owed at least $130 million by President Donald Trump and his business empire, and has also been fined for its role in a Russian money laundering scheme.<\/p>\n

The waivers were issued in a little-noticed announcement published in the Federal Register during the Christmas holiday week. They come less than two years after then-candidate Trump promised \u201cI’m not going to let Wall Street get away with murder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article correctly points out that the Obama Administration issued similar waivers — though it’s worth noting that Trump has issued them for three<\/em> years, rather than one, and, again, one of the beneficiaries is a bank that Trump owes at least $130M, and possibly as much as $300M.<\/p>\n


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\nTrump Administration Waives Punishment For Convicted Banks, Including Deutsche \u2014 Which Trump Owes Millions<\/a><\/span>
\nPresident Donald Trump owes millions to Deutsche Bank, which was one of five convicted banks that just saw its punishment waived by the Labor Department.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It’s good to have the President of the United States owe you millions of dollars. The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates. 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