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U.S. Judge Extends Deadline for Bank Records of Firm Behind Trump Dossier
Reuters via US News & World Report ^ | October 27, 2017 | By Mark Hosenball

Posted on 10/27/2017 2:19:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge has given an unnamed bank more time to respond to a congressional subpoena for financial records of the Washington research firm that hired a former British spy to compile a dossier on presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Trump and other Republicans have alleged that Russians paid Fusion GPS, a Washington firm, for research on their own dealings with Trump and his campaign. The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has sought Fusion's bank records in an effort to pursue those allegations.

It has been widely reported that supporters of Republican Jeb Bush, a primary opponent of Trump, initially paid for the firm's research.

U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan had set a Thursday evening deadline for the unnamed bank to give the committee its last two years of records on Fusion GPS. But in an order posted on the court docket late on Thursday, she extended the deadline until Monday morning.

The decision indicates that lawyers for Fusion and the House committee are negotiating in an effort to settle their dispute out of court, sources familiar with the matter said.

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bankrecords; dnc; election2016; fusiongps; fusiongpsbankrecords; hillary; jebbush; mccaindossier; peepeedossier; russia; trump
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1 posted on 10/27/2017 2:19:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why give them more time to destroy hard drives and shred documents? Again, justice denied to Democrats.


2 posted on 10/27/2017 2:21:23 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: txrefugee

Judge is an Obama appointee.


3 posted on 10/27/2017 2:22:39 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

open file. print. put in envelope. hand over.

WTF!


4 posted on 10/27/2017 2:23:44 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: txrefugee
Destroying the financial records would get the bank doors nailed shut.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

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5 posted on 10/27/2017 2:24:46 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sh*t, meet fan.


6 posted on 10/27/2017 2:25:32 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Keep it out of court. can’t have any of that awful old discovery stuff happening.


7 posted on 10/27/2017 2:26:28 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Bank needs more “cloth” time.


8 posted on 10/27/2017 2:26:33 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So, what is the defining line of difference between “FUSION”
and this law firm PERKINS COIE, where the tricky lawyer Mark Elias sits, at the center of all the entities?


9 posted on 10/27/2017 2:28:36 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sounds like the Republicans are reaching across the aisle to cut a deal keeping the details secret.


10 posted on 10/27/2017 2:30:09 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (They hate Trump because he had the audacity to be elected president without their permission.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I knew it!!! Corrupt bastards I’m so sick of them! *itch skates!!!


11 posted on 10/27/2017 2:31:40 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Damn! Why doesn’t the House attorneys demand a ruling so they can get the documents or appeal to a higher court. This is a loser for Fusion GPS. The House Committee has subpoena power. Let’s go and get the facts on the table, now.


12 posted on 10/27/2017 2:36:29 PM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What law firm and lawyers represent the bank? What is plain silly is that Mr. Russian Collusion Mueller didn’t already obtain these bank records during massive scrutiny of GPS Fusion. It doesn’t occur to Mueller to start with the KNOWN culprits rather than ignore them?


13 posted on 10/27/2017 2:42:16 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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No, the shiny thing is OVER THERE!


14 posted on 10/27/2017 2:46:16 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: Paladin2

I seriously doubt the bank has any vested interest in order to stonewall. Do they really want to protect Fusion at the expense of both a congressional and possible DOJ review?


15 posted on 10/27/2017 2:55:08 PM PDT by fatez (Ya, well, you know, that's just your opinion man...)
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To: txrefugee

Crush the Bank and GPS Fusion.


16 posted on 10/27/2017 2:57:55 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Judge’s Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_S._Chutkan

She’s a Jamican! No indication if or when she became a US citizen.


17 posted on 10/27/2017 2:58:25 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It has been widely reported that supporters of Republican Jeb Bush, a primary opponent of Trump, initially paid for the firm’s research.
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AKA the Cheap Labor Express


18 posted on 10/27/2017 3:01:04 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Harry Reid will love the Koch brothers if they paid for the digging.


19 posted on 10/27/2017 3:03:46 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe they should receive the Manafort treatment...armed fed agents surround building before they open, firearms drawn and they spend the day searching the entire bank premises.


20 posted on 10/27/2017 3:04:36 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Freeper formerly known as bushwon ;))
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