Why didn't Mueller investigate tRump money laundering?

[BigmanPigman]

I thought following the money was the key to all of this. Did Mueller not investigate it, did Barr shut him down before he could, is it in the redacted parts?????

[gldstwmn]

1. All good questions.

I guess we can assume he didn't have Trump's tax returns?

[democratisphere]

2. I believe Barr shutdown the Mueller investigation.

Barr should then be indicted for conspiracy and obstruction, just for openers.

[spooky3]

3. I thought the charge to the SC was to investigate

Russian interference in the election. So this may have been deemed outside the scope.

[TomSlick]

8. Exactly.

The SC remit was narrow. That's why he spun off investigations.

[EffieBlack]

4. I think his hands were tied, but he turned much of this over to SDNY and NY State

[saidsimplesimon]

5. If he did, it's under wraps.

[Hoyt]

6. Because he's a by-the-book, Company Man. He had a chance to do something good for America,

he blew it. He needed to investigate what needed to be investigated, and report findings without beating around the bush.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Any of those things could be true.

Or, maybe he found insufficient evidence of a nexus between the Russians' interference with the election and Trump's financial transactions. There would have to have been evidence of a quid pro quo and maybe he didn't find it. If you're paying off Russians to interfere with an election you're going to keep it on the down-low, but I don't think the quid pro quo for the election interference was the payment of money - more likely it could have been the promise of future transactions.

[meow2u3]

9. Money laundering was beyond the scope of his mandate

He had to have referred the matter to the appropriate US Attorney's office.

[bitterross]

10. I think he wanted to leave it to NY and SDNY. So they could proceed w/o interference

I think he knew his ability to indict or make something happen was going to be very limited by whoever was Trump's AG. So, he handed off all the good stuff to SDNY and NYS.

That's my hope anyway.