It really begs the question what other permanent records have Trump appointees disappeared?
Who else is having their crime record erased?
This is a big fucking deal Mr. president. Someone with access to those archives removed just two of the three Cohen related transaction records and the discovery of that removal “terrified” the law enforcement officer who subsequently released the one SAR to the public. The SARS were both from Morgan/Stanley and both for reportedly much more money than the payoff to Stormy. Cohen knows and Mueller knows and I would bet a lot that Munchin knows.
Surely there must be digital or paper copies of these missing SARs somewhere, at least at the bank end of the trail. Or, in Mueller’s files.
The disappearance of the digital copies IS what triggered the Treasury official to leak hard copies of the bank filed Suspicious Activities Report documents, which had vanished from government servers.
This should be backed up to tape somewhere as part of a disaster recovery plan. There are likely several quarterly and annual back-ups of the database that can be restored.
“Someone removed this information, and the Treasury Secretary is going to have to answer for this,” Waters said. “The question is, why did he ignore us?”
One of the former federal prosecutors on Brian Williams’ show last night assured him that Mueller has the actual bank records that underlie the SARs, so the absence of the SAR won’t impede Mueller at all.
This removal is nothing sort of fraud and conspiracy. Did he do it on his own or did Donald command he do it?
Big trouble for Mnuchin. Just another cog in the wheel of the most corrupt administration in US history.
But it adds to the evidence of obstruction. I’d love to see all these conservative billionaire Cabinet members go down with Donald and reside in their own cells in a federal pen.
Timing implies intent.
FinCEN is the oversight group that processes SARs.
In December… Mnuchin had replaced the director of FinCEN with his own choice, just days after former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort was indicted for money laundering and a host of other financial crimes.
Absolutely. If the SARs were removed by Mnuchin, or Blanco, or someone acting on their behalf, it is a fact that will be known.
The Russian hackers are probably far more competent than anyone the GOP calls in as plumbers.
As far as I know, we can’t jump, yet, to the conclusion Mnuchin was responsible as it could have been the Mueller team who pulled this. That being said, Mnuchin certainly owes us answers for what occurred.
Though with this crew, it’s usually safe to assume the worst.
It’s more like obstruction of justice.
The level of corruption and thuggery in this administration is truly worthy of the Russian Oligarchy and Mafia. Trump is a good acolyte to Putin and his w=hole cabal should be locked up with hm in a nice, secure Federal Prison.
This question may be generated but it cannot be begged:
“SARS is a terrible virus, so we removed the documents to prevent people from getting sick.”