More details are starting to emerge in the federal investigation into former president Donald Trump and his business dealings with the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf.
According to a report from The New York Times, federal prosecutors overseeing the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents have issued a subpoena for “information about Mr. Trump’s business dealings in foreign countries since he took office, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
The report notes it remains “unclear precisely” what prosecutors seek with the subpoena but that it “suggests” investigators “cast a wider net than previously understood as they scrutinize whether he broke the law in taking sensitive government materials upon leaving the White House and then not fully complying with demands for their return.”
Jack Smith, the prosecutor leading the office of the special counsel, seeks details of the Trump Organization’s dealings in China, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Emirates and Oman, according to the report.
This investigative push is part of a previously known inquiry into Trump’s dealings with LIV Golf, which hosts tournaments at some of his resort properties. The report notes Mr. Trump’s arrangement with LIV Golf was “reached well after he removed documents from the White House.”
According to the report, the subpoenas surrounding LIV Golf and Trump’s foreign ventures since 2017 “suggests that Mr. Smith is exploring whether there is any connection between Mr. Trump’s deal-making abroad and the classified documents he took with him when he left office.”
Trump has denied all wrongdoing and is innocent until proven guilty.
