Get ready for Donald Trump's head to explode as The New York Times has just reported Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed all Russian related documents from the Trump Organization.
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. The order is the first known time that the special counsel demanded documents directly related to President Trump’s businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president.
The breadth of the subpoena was not clear, nor was it clear why Mr. Mueller issued it instead of simply asking for the documents from the company, an umbrella organization that oversees Mr. Trump’s business ventures. In the subpoena, delivered in recent weeks, Mr. Mueller ordered the Trump Organization to hand over all documents related to Russia and other topics he is investigating, the people said.
The subpoena is the latest indication that the investigation, which Mr. Trump’s lawyers once regularly assured him would be completed by now, will drag on for at least several more months. Word of the subpoena comes as Mr. Mueller appears to be broadening his investigation to examine the role foreign money may have played in funding Mr. Trump’s political activities. In recent weeks, Mr. Mueller’s investigators have questioned witnesses, including an adviser to the United Arab Emirates, about the flow of Emirati money into the United States.
Trump has previously said that a Mueller investigation into his businesses would cross a “red line.”
JUST IN: Special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents, including some related to Russia, The New York Times reports https://t.co/dGZUwb9V0n pic.twitter.com/SNWFVP0fMQ— CNN (@CNN) March 15, 2018
Breaking: Significant for Mueller to subpoena Trump ORGANIZATION for first time. About Russia.— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 15, 2018
And he could have *requested* material — this is a more assertive approach. https://t.co/LApQRP9bXc
Senior congressional source says that Mueller beginning with a subpoena, rather than typical document request, suggests special counsel intends to put every Trump Org staffer on alert not to destroy evidence.— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 15, 2018
Wow.— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 15, 2018
Reasons Mueller would issue a subpoena rather than ask nicely:
-Mueller is not fooling around. Doesn't want to be nice.
-Subpoena carries the force of law.
-Sends message that if @realDonaldTrump fires him, it's because Trump is hiding something bad from the American people https://t.co/A6vKDOhy5o
Not a coincidence that on the Ides of March, Mueller is going after Trump Org.— Pesach 'Pace' Lattin ⏺ (@pacelattin) March 15, 2018
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