Posted by bronxcheer on 9/1/2017 5:12:00 AM (view original):
Special counsel Robert Mueller has joined forces with an elite IRS investigative unit for the Russia probe, according to a new report.
The Daily Beast wrote Thursday that agents from IRS' Criminal Investigations unit are now working the case as Mueller looks into whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia.
The Criminal Investigations unit focuses on financial crimes such as tax evasion and money laundering. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is one focus of Mueller's investigation, and he reportedly has ties to Russia and the Ukraine — and may not have, according to the Daily Beast, disclosed to the IRS that he had a foreign bank account.
And the counterpunch... A Julien Assange pardon to discredit the Russia investigations.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), who has come under scrutiny for his own ties to Russia, is behind the Assange pardon push.
The deal Rohrabacher is trying to cut: pardon Assange in exchange for information he claims proves Russia did not collude with the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential race.
The California Republican became the first U.S. lawmaker to meet with Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London early last month, where Assange has been holed up for years in an attempt to avoid arrest. Rohrabacher claims Assange offered him "firsthand" evidence during the meeting that would prove there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the race.
Earlier this week, Rohrabacher claimed a meeting is in the works between himself and the president to discuss Assange's information and a potential pardon.
9/1/2017 7:28 AM (edited)