WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Waters noted that concerns have been raised suggesting Russia possibly guaranteed loans made by Deutsche Bank to Trump or his family.
"Given the demonstrated collusion between President Trump’s family and presidential campaign and the Russian government to undermine our democracy, I write to demand your immediate recusal from any investigation conducted by the Department of Justice ("the Department") into Deutsche Bank’s ("the Bank") Russian mirror trading scheme and any probe into any loans the Bank provided to the President or his immediate family members," Waters stated in her letter to Sessions.
Jared Kushner, Trump's adviser and son-in-law, also received a $280-million loan one month before the 2016 presidential election, Waters added.
At that time, Waters also reiterated her call on Deutsche Bank to provide details of internal reviews it conducted into the 2011 "mirror trading" scandal and President Donald Trump’s accounts at the bank.
In January, Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $500 million in penalties to US and British regulators to settle an investigation into whether it helped transfer $10 billion out of Russia through a so-called mirror trading process.
