The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee have sent a request to the Treasury Department's financial crimes unit for any information on President Trump and his top aides, CNN reported Tuesday.
"We've made a request, to FinCEN in the Treasury Department, to make sure, not just for example vis-a-vis the president, but just overall our effort to try to follow the intel no matter where it leads," Sen. Mark Warner
Mark Robert WarnerGOP blocks election security bills after Mueller testimony Hillicon Valley: FTC fines Facebook B in privacy settlement | Critics pan settlement as weak | Facebook also faces FTC antitrust probe | Senate panel advances 'deepfakes' legislation | House passes anti-robocall bill Senate Democrats will try to force vote on election security after Mueller hearings MORE (Va.), the panel's top Democrat, told CNN.
"You get materials that show if there have been, what level of financial ties between, I mean some of the stuff, some of the Trump-related officials, Trump campaign-related officials and other officials and where those dollars flow — not necessarily from Russia."
Warner said the request was made in conjunction with the panel's chairman, Richard Burr
Richard Mauze BurrMcConnell says he has no plans to watch Mueller testimony Overnight Health Care — Presented by PCMA — Sanders mounts staunch defense of 'Medicare for All' | Biden, Sanders fight over health care heats up | House votes to repeal ObamaCare 'Cadillac Tax' | Dems want details on fetal tissue research ban Top North Carolina newspapers editorial board to GOP: 'Are you OK with a racist president?' MORE (R-N.C.). Burr's office did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment.
The request is part of the panel's broader investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and any potential ties between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
Warner told CNN that he will block Trump's nominee for the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Sigal Mandelker, until the Intelligence panel gets the information it requested.
"Chairman Burr and I requested that information. Until we get it, I'm not going to support the administration's nominee for undersecretary of Treasury finance, for terrorism and finance, because they owe us these documents first," Warner said.
The Intelligence Committee also sent requests to four former Trump campaign associates on Friday asking them to turn over emails and other records of communication with Russians.
