Posted on 05/10/2018 10:24:02 AM PDT by Signalman
The Treasury Department’s inspector general is investigating whether Michael Cohen’s banking records were leaked after details about Cohen’s financial records were made public Tuesday, the inspector general’s office confirmed to TPM on Wednesday.
The Washington Post was first to report that the inspector general’s office had opened the investigation into possible leaks of Cohen’s banking information.
Rich Delmar, the counsel to the Treasury Department inspector general, told TPM that in response to New York Times reports on payments that Cohen allegedly received from a Russian oligarch’s U.S. affiliate company, the inspector general is looking into whether Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) on Cohen’s banking record had been “improperly disseminated.” Banks are required by law to flag to the Treasury Department any transactions of $10,000 or more that appear abnormal, the Post reported.
Michael Avenatti, attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels, who has long been calling for the release of SARs related to Cohen’s bank transactions, was first to allege on Tuesday that Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg made payments to Cohen through a U.S. affiliate of Vekselberg’s firm. CNN and other news outlets later confirmed the payments to Cohen linked to Vekselberg. The Russian oligarch attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration and was reportedly questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team at a New York airport this year.
Avenatti has expressed particular interest in a SAR regarding Cohen’s $130,000 payment to Daniels just before the 2016 election to keep her quiet about an affair with Trump. The Wall Street Journal reported in March that Cohen’s bank flagged that transaction as suspicious.
Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, any person acting on behalf of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or agent of the Department of Justice as defined in the Antitrust Civil Process Act (15 U.S.C. 1311–1314), or being an employee of a private sector organization who is or was assigned to an agency under chapter 37 of title 5, publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any information coming to him in the course of his employment or official duties or by reason of any examination or investigation made by, or return, report or record made to or filed with, such department or agency or officer or employee thereof, which information concerns or relates to the trade secrets, processes, operations, style of work, or apparatus, or to the identity, confidential statistical data, amount or source of any income, profits, losses, or expenditures of any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association; or permits any income return or copy thereof or any book containing any abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by any person except as provided by law; shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and shall be removed from office or employment.
Who’s going to fall on th sword for this?
Was Harry Reid involved ,LOL
No one. The deep state will cover for itself.
I'm sure they'll get right on it. Riiigght.
Once Mueller used his jackboots to raid Cohen's office, any pretense at rule-of-law was effectively burned to the ground.
Were they leaked? I don’t think that Cohen revealed them himself.
Of course they were leaked.
Find and jail the leaker.
Translation: You have privacy rights—until and unless the Deep State decides otherwise. Have a nice day.
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IG is toothless.
Nothing comes of their meek reports.
Dems Love IGs.
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“The Treasury Department’s inspector general is investigating whether Michael Cohen’s banking records were leaked after details about Cohen’s financial records were made public Tuesday, the inspector general’s office confirmed to TPM on Wednesday. “
We know WHETHER they were leaked, as they were made public.
What they need to investigate is WHO leaked them.
the government has a vested interest to keep SAR’s secret, it will be investigated and likely prosecuted IMO. financial crimes task force!
Ridiculous.
All they have to do is use their personal phone and email and the IG is stumped.
End of Investigation.
Everybody knows what’s up. No one will turn over that rock.
It’s Wink-Wink, we found nothing.
Cohen couldn’t have leaked them. You are not allowed to tell a customer you are preparing a SAR
um looks to me like the disclosure was made by stormy’s attorney was it not? no wink wink there
ridiculous.
First clue this is a coverup. Started investigation. This should take an average investigator about 5 minutes to confirm and double check. Into the trash bin of history it goes.
Traitor Mueller needs to have his forwarding address at GITMO. Supposedly, the Russian paid money not to Trump’s Cohen but to two other Cohens. Of course, Mueller knew. Of course, it was all a set up to take Trump down.
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