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Mueller issues subpoena to Trump Organization 'demanding documents relating to Russia' Mueller reportedly issues subpoena to Trump Organization demanding documents relating to Russia
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Special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organisation in the ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between members of President Donald Trump's 2016 US election campaign team and Russian officials.  Special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization in the ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between members of President Donald Trump's 2016 US election campaign team and Russian officials. 
This is the first publicly known time the investigation has been taken directly to Mr Trump's business, the New York Times reported. This is the first publicly known time the investigation has been taken directly to Mr Trump's business, the New York Times reported. 
It is unknown what the scope of the subpoena is and why Mr Mueller issued it in the first place, implying that the umbrella organisation that oversees many of Mr Trump's businesses may not have cooperated with a request for the documents.  The White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: "There was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. For specific questions about the Trump Organization I would refer you to them". The administration and Mr Trump have repeatedly denied any allegations of wrongdoing in the matter. 
  It is unknown what the exact scope of the subpoena is and why Mr Mueller issued it in the first place, implying that the umbrella organisation that oversees many of Mr Trump's businesses may not have cooperated with a request for the documents. The Trump Organization has cooperated in the past with the House and Senate intelligence committee investigator's when they have requested documents in the past.  
Sources close to the matter told the paper, however, that the subpoena was delivered in "recent weeks" and did ask for documents related to Russia. 
News about the order comes as Mr Mueller appears to be expanding the investigation beyond alleged collusion between Trump campaign team members and Russian officials to include what role, if any, foreign money could have played in the election and Mr Trump's campaign. 
Mr Mueller has questioned an adviser from the United Arab Emirates with ties to aides of Mr Trump in the last few weeks.  
Recent witnesses have reported they were asked about possible real estate dealings by the company in Moscow, which could have prompted the subpoena as the company has said there were no property deals made in the country. 
As the New York Times reported also: "a longtime business associate of Mr Trump’s emailed Mr. Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen" in 2015 "at his Trump Organization account claiming he had ties to" Russian President Vladimir Putin and "said that building a Trump Tower in Moscow would help Mr Trump’s presidential campaign".
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