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Deutsche Bank queried by U.S. House panels on Trump ties

Published 24/01/2019, 12:15
Updated 24/01/2019, 12:15
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President Trump talks to reporters after addressing closed Senate Republican policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President Trump talks to reporters after addressing closed Senate Republican policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) has received an inquiry from two U.S. House of Representatives committees on the lender's ties to U.S. President Donald Trump, it said on Thursday.

Democrats now in control of the House of Representatives had been working out which House panels would take the lead in investigating Trump's business ties to Germany's largest lender, lawmakers and aides familiar with the plans told Reuters last week.

"The bank has received an inquiry from the House financial services and intelligence committees," Deutsche Bank said in a statement on Thursday after a report from Politico said the chairs of the two committees were planning a joint investigation of Deutsche and its dealings with Trump.

A White House representative was not available outside business hours.

"We're going to work jointly," Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was quoted as saying by Politico. "We think we'll be more effective doing it that way."

Deutsche Bank said it is engaged in productive dialogue with the two committees to "determine the best and most appropriate way of assisting them in their official oversight functions".

Since U.S. voters on Nov. 6 shifted majority control of the House from the Republicans to the Democrats, the party has been promising to investigate the first two years of Trump's administration and possible conflicts of interest presented by his hotel, golf course and other ventures.

A 2018 financial disclosure form showed liabilities for Trump of at least $130 million to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a unit of the German bank. They are for properties including a Trump hotel in a former post office in Washington.

The Financial Services Committee, chaired by Democrat Maxine Waters, has the broadest power to look into Trump's relationship with Deutsche.

When the Republicans still controlled the House, Waters tried in 2017 to request documents from the bank on its dealings with Trump and his businesses, as well as information about potential Russian money laundering through the bank.

The bank told Congress that privacy laws prevented it from handing over such information without a formal subpoena and committee Republicans ignored Waters' request. As chairwoman, Waters can now issue subpoenas herself.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: President Trump talks to reporters after addressing closed Senate Republican policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington

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