Ex-Bush ethics official: Mueller team likely closing in on Trump tax return secrets

Source: The Hill | August 25, 2018 | John Bowden

A former ethics lawyer for former President George W. Bush said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller is closing in on the “basic structure” of President Trump’s family business, the Trump Organization, and suggested that Mueller may find “quite ugly” information in the president’s unreleased tax returns.

Speaking on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour,” Richard Painter told host Brian Williams that Trump must be getting nervous after the reported immunity deal for the Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg.

“Now we have the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization turning state’s evidence,” Painter said. “I have to say that every white-collar criminal defense lawyer knows when the chief financial officer turns state’s evidence, everyone in the executive suite is in a lot of trouble because the chief financial officer knows exactly where the money is coming and going.”

“Remember, that every time Bob Mueller gets anywhere near Donald Trump‘s money, Donald Trump starts threatening to fire Bob Mueller,” Painter continued.

“It appears that they’re closing in on the basic financial structure of the Trump Organization. Perhaps the reasons why he’s not disclosing his tax returns. And what we may find there is really quite ugly.”

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  • Consistent August 25, 2018 at 3:05 pm #25336

    ConservativeGranny August 25, 2018 at 8:46 pm #25342

    But then again his supporters already knew that and voted for him anyway. Is the GOP really going to waste money try to re-elect this buffoon or are they going to look for a real candidate this time around?

    EVERYDAY August 26, 2018 at 5:15 pm #25362

    I’m reasonably sure there are plenty of irregularities, maybe even illegalities, in Trump’s business and personal finances. Trump supporters are crowing about this “invasion of privacy,” but Mueller and the State of New York are actually conducting their investigations properly by looking at those financials. As the saying goes. “follow the money.”

    ConservativeGranny August 26, 2018 at 8:15 pm #25363

    When you are the POTUS you have no assumption of privacy. That’s one of the trade-offs of the job. He knew that or should have going into it. There was quite a bit of concern about his lack of transparency about his financials when he ran for office. This is why.

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