State Attorney General Letitia James said she subpoenaed Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank on Monday for records involving President Trump’s failed bid to buy the Buffalo Bills and other business dealings involving the Trump Organization.
A day after issuing the subpoenas, James, who took office in January, lobbied legislators in Albany to loosen the double jeopardy “loophole” that prohibits state prosecutors from bringing similar charges against individuals pardoned from federal charges.
“We do have an agreement in both houses, we anticipate that the bill we be passed in a couple weeks.”
The Deutsche Bank subpoena seeks loan applications, mortgages, lines of credit and other records of financial transactions in connection to the Tru♍mp International Hotel in Washington, th🀅e Trump National Doral in South Florida and the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, the New York Times reported on Monday evening.
Investors Bank, which is based in New Jersey, w🍨as asked ✨for records connected to Trump Park Avenue.
The AG has also requested records linked to Trump’s attempts to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014.
The deal ♍fell apart after Terry Pegula, owner of the Buffalo Sabres♎ hockey team, bought the NFL team for $1.4 billion.
James, who campaigned on investigating the president, initiated the civil inquiry after Trump’s former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen testified to a House panel last month about the president’s financial dealings.
A number of inv♔estigations are ongoing into Trump, his businesses, his campaign and his inauguration in Congress an🥂d by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Deutsche Bank confirmed to the Times that it had re🦩ceived the subpoena, but Investors Bank refused to comment.
The Trump Organization did not respಌond to requests for comment from the newspaper.