Treasury official pleads guilty to charge connected to leaks of Trump-related financial data

  • 📰 CNN
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 21 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 95%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

A senior Treasury Department official pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy in a case in which prosecutors accused her of disclosing sensitive financial transaction reports related to people tied to President Trump and Russia

Prosecutors with the Manhattan US Attorney's office had alleged that the official, Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, leaked the documents, known as Suspicious Activity Reports, to a reporter whom CNN has previously identified as working for BuzzFeed News.

Prosecutors had filed two charges against her: one count of unauthorized disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports and one count of conspiracy to make such unauthorized disclosures.Read MoreThe type of report prosecutors accused Edwards of leaking is filed confidentially by banks and other financial institutions to flag for law-enforcement entities what they believe are possibly illegal transactions.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Damn! So much coming out today I can’t keep up! 😜

There is no Deep State and Jeffery Epstein committed suicide.

Was there some point where the Russia investigation was supposed to follow up on Pres Obama's being caught, thinking himself off mic, saying tell Putin to be cool till after the election, when 'I'll be a lame duck' and can be real friendly cause it'll be end of political career?

So files flagged for law enforcement to check illegal activity, but this POS didn't think they looked at the right stuff and leaked it to buzzfeed. And you dem turds think that that ok? Kinda like the testimonies for the impeachment. Real Americans heh! 🤡's &🐱's

Senior Treasury Department official Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards pleaded guilty to leaking sensitive information to the media in order to hurt Trump. HeadlineRighter

Truth gets attacked.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Pelosi is playing impeachment ‘chess’ vs. Trump expert saysDonald Trump’s pending impeachment trial in the Senate has prompted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to tweet, ‘Every Senator will have to vote: is their loyalty to the President or the Constitution?’ Joy Reid and her panel debate whether sending both impeachment articles to the Senate simultaneously is wise. She’s in a drunken stupor She has no moves left & it’s out of her hands. I know Democrats must feel dumb, but claiming she has some trick up her sleeve is mean to those who want to believe it Y’all really believe everything you report!! I would think the news would have more respect for our great President realDonaldTrump but your just like the rest a far wing leftist like SpeakerPelosi who is the swamp of the witch hunt who will and should be forced stepdow
Source: MSNBC - 🏆 469. / 51 Read more »