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 — 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.
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 “I'm not going to let Wall Street get away with murder.”
(Score: 2) by arslan on Thursday January 11 2018, @03:37AM (4 children)
So no other American politician had had to make policies that affect companies that has dealings with their private ventures? This kind of stuff is not uncommon.
He's not cherry picking DB for the waiver. Its an extension of an existing waiver from a former president. You can of course draw all sorts of conclusions and conspiracy theories from it - but in the ends it is just speculation and poo flinging.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Whoever on Thursday January 11 2018, @03:44AM (1 child)
Most recent presidents have chosen to put their holdings into a blind trust, in order to avoid this exact problem.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @06:51PM
Does tax law allow for assets to be put into a blind trust without causing a tax event?
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @05:52AM
Possibly. It is also illegal, immoral, and possibly fattening. And for a sitting Precedent, unconstitutional. See: Emoluments Clause.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Thursday January 11 2018, @06:42PM
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