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Charge Treasury Official in Mueller Investigation

By MARK TOOR
Posted 11/9/18

An official of the U.S. Department of the Treasury was charged in the Southern District of New York Oct. 17 with leaking confidential bank records connected to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian influence in the U.S. elections to the Buzzfeed online-news organization.

The Suspicious Activity Reports allegedly given to Buzzfeed by Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards included information on cases involving the Russian Embassy; former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort; former Trump campaign aide Richard Gates; Maria Butina, who is awaiting trial on charges of being an unregistered Russian foreign agent; and Prevezon Alexander, a subsidiary of a Russian firm charged with tax fraud.

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