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Democrats Hiring Money Laundering Experts

November 21, 2018 at 1:05 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The House intelligence committee’s incoming Democratic majority is taking its first steps to follow Donald Trump’s money,” the Daily Beast reports.

“The committee is looking to hire money-laundering and forensic accounting experts… One Democratic committee office said the purpose of the potential new hires is to examine unanswered financial questions about Trump and Russia, but their work could apply broadly across the panel’s intelligence oversight.”

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