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Maxine Waters: “If it was widely reported in the press that a close adviser of the President was being investigated for money laundering…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
If it was widely reported in the press that a close adviser of the President was being investigated for money laundering using anonymous shell companies and bank accounts located in Cyprus, would your department proactively seek to obtain relevant information from foreign financial intelligence units where such activity reportedly took place?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters asks Mnuchin about proactive measures in response to investigations involving the President's adviser.

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