$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt
- Five days before Donald Trump became president in January 2017, a bank manager in Cairo received a letter requesting nearly $10 million in cash linked to the Egyptian intelligence service.
- In early 2019, federal investigators discovered the cash withdrawal, leading to a secret investigation about potential foreign contributions to Trump's campaign from Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi.
- Prosecutors were later blocked from obtaining bank records that could provide evidence, leading to the investigation's stagnation by fall 2019, amid doubts raised by top Justice Department officials.
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Secret DOJ Probe Examined Possible Link Between $10M Cairo Cash Withdrawal And Donald Trump
In the days leading up to Donald Trump‘s inauguration as president in 2017, a $10 million cash withdrawal in Cairo triggered a covert investigation by the Justice Department. The probe aimed to uncover potential financial backing from the Egyptian government to Trump. What Happened: The investigation focused on a $9.998 million withdrawal from a state-run Egyptian bank. The U.S. intelligence community suspected that the funds might have been int…
Минюст проверял, получил ли Трамп деньги от Египта, что могло бы нарушить закон о запрещении получать иностранное финансирование.
Key details remain mystery in bombshell Trump-Egypt report: legal expert
The Washington Post advanced bombshell reporting about a suspected $10 million payment from Egypt to Donald Trump Friday — but a legal expert highlighted that some key details remain mysteries.The Justice Department in 2017 began investigating a tip received by the CIA that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi had sought to send money to Trump, then the 2016 Republican nominee for president, the Post reported. The case was handed off to specia…
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