Mueller Teams Up With IRS for Trump-Russia Investigation
Special counsel Robert Mueller has enlisted help with the IRS’ Criminal Investigations unit.
The Daily Beast reported that Mueller’s former colleague said he always liked working with IRS’ special agents, especially when he was a U.S. Attorney.
This unit is one of the federal government’s most tight-knit, specialized, and secretive investigative entities. Its 2,500 agents focus exclusively on financial crime, including tax evasion and money laundering.
“The FBI’s expertise is spread out over so many statutes—and particularly since 9/11, where they really focused on counterintelligence and counterterror—that they simply don’t have the financial investigative expertise that the CI agents have,” Martin Sheil, a retired IRS Criminal Investigations agent, told the Daily Beast.
“When CI brings a case to a U.S. Attorney, it is done. It’s wrapped up with a ribbon and a bow. It’s just comprehensive.”
And just a reminder, the IRS has access to Trump’s taxes, so that could help uncover a lot more information.
We learned this week that Mueller is focusing on financial crimes – and started to team up with the New York State Attorney General.
Mueller is also digging into Paul Manafort’s financial transactions, too.
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