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Maxine Waters: “If a bank identifies suspicious activity related to potential money laundering or sanctions violations by The Trump…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
If a bank identifies suspicious activity related to potential money laundering or sanctions violations by The Trump Organization involving Russian persons, would such a bank have a legal obligation to report it to FinCEN?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters questioned Mnuchin about banks' obligations to report suspicious activities involving Trump.

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