More questions today about Donald Trump’s financial dealings with Deutsche Bank. The New York Times reports:

Anti-money-laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald J. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog.

Deutsche Bank employees charged with spotting illicit activity repeatedly encountered potentially suspicious transactions by companies controlled by President Trump and his family members. But bank managers dismissed the concerns as unwarranted. https://t.co/WpEliz6Abi

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 20, 2019

One of the analysts interviewed said there was suspicious activity between the Kushner companies and Russian individuals. The report goes on to say:

Former Deutsche Bank employees said the decision not to report the Trump and Kushner transactions reflected the bank’s generally lax approach to money laundering laws. The employees — most of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve their ability to work in the industry — said it was part of a pattern of the bank’s executives rejecting valid reports to protect relationships with lucrative clients.

Keep in mind, some of these transactions were flagged after Trump became president. Predictably Trump is pushing back against the report on Twitter today.

This is not true. I have spent a long time looking into this, and @DeutscheBank was the only bank willing to lend to @realDonaldTrump for 20 years because of his pattern of defaults and the bank’s hunger for growth in the US. https://t.co/Qh4siSpEgM

— David Enrich (@davidenrich) May 20, 2019

A spokesperson from Deutsche Bank told the NYT that, “the company had intensified its efforts to combat financial crime.” But there was also this denial:

“At no time was an investigator prevented from escalating activity identified as potentially suspicious,” she added. “Furthermore, the suggestion that anyone was reassigned or fired in an effort to quash concerns relating to any client is categorically false.”

Two House committees have subpoenaed Deutsche Bank for documents relating to its financial relationship with Trump. The bank has indicated it will comply with that request, but Trump has filed a lawsuit against the bank to try and block it from cooperating. The bank has already started turning documents over to the New York Attorney General.