New York — The New York attorney-general’s office is looking into ties between Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank and several Trump Organisation projects, the New York Times reported late on Monday. The attorney-general’s office issued subpoenas late on Monday to the banks, which opens an additional line of inquiry into Deutsche Bank’s dealings with Trump, the newspaper reported, citing one unnamed source. The Democratic-controlled intelligence committee and financial services committee in Congress have been exploring the finances of the Republican president and his businesses including his ties to Deutsche, one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Deutsche Bank has lent Trump Organisation hundreds of millions of dollars for real estate ventures and is one of the few major lenders that has given large amounts of credit to Trump after a string of bankruptcies at his hotel and casino businesses during the 1990s. The newspaper said the new civil investigation into Deutsche was ...
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