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Julian English

(434 posts)
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:22 AM Nov 2019

Former Deutsche Bank Executive Who Oversaw Trump's Loans Dies by Suicide

Source: Law and Crime

Thomas Bowers, identified as a former Deutsche Bank executive who signed off on controversial loans to President Donald Trump, died last week after apparently taking his own life at 55.

According to Forensic News‘ Scott Stedman, “One source who has direct knowledge of the FBI’s investigation into Deutsche Bank said that federal investigators have asked about Bowers and documents he might have. Another source who has knowledge of Deutsche Bank’s internal structure said that Bowers would have been the gatekeeper for financial documents for the bank’s wealthiest customers.”

The news of Bowers’s death was initially shared late Tuesday afternoon by New York Times reporter David Enrich.

I’ve learned that Tom Bowers, a former senior @DeutscheBank executive, died last week at 55 in Malibu, Calif. I knew him. It’s very sad.

— David Enrich (@davidenrich) November 26, 2019

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s initial report attributes Bowers’s death to suicide by hanging.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/former-deutsche-bank-executive-who-oversaw-trumps-loans-dies-by-suicide/



Nothing suspicious about this at all.
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Former Deutsche Bank Executive Who Oversaw Trump's Loans Dies by Suicide (Original Post) Julian English Nov 2019 OP
Epstein, now this guy, is Rudy next? R Merm Nov 2019 #1
I'm positive our AG will ensure this is thoroughly investigated groundloop Nov 2019 #2
Did he fall out a window? Have a heart attack in the backseat of a car? Get drunk and Karadeniz Nov 2019 #3
Can you believe it???? DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #9
Must be easier to set up than a small plane accident rwsanders Nov 2019 #37
Maybe he accidentally came in contact with plutonium rpannier Nov 2019 #18
They really need to put a Mr Yuck sticker on the stuff. Hugin Nov 2019 #24
The circumstances of this suicide and the disndat Nov 2019 #21
Nothing suspicious here . . . NBachers Nov 2019 #4
Suicide, eh? Blue Owl Nov 2019 #5
Well I suppose if he was thinking of rolling over on Trump and was murdered that it could be cstanleytech Nov 2019 #6
At minimum this guy knew Trump's financials coming to light would land him in a world of shit RockRaven Nov 2019 #7
Maybe he just really hated his wife Ztolkins Nov 2019 #11
He lived in Malibu. How bad could his life be? SunSeeker Nov 2019 #14
He fell up a flight of stairs. olddad65 Nov 2019 #8
The method of suicide is somewhat suspect. SergeStorms Nov 2019 #10
We still talk about the body found down the road from me here in Perry County, Ar/ LiberalArkie Nov 2019 #23
You have to be kidding! SergeStorms Nov 2019 #32
The state ME was the one that Clinton appointed when he was the Gov. LiberalArkie Nov 2019 #36
I think there was a Far Side comic once... forgotmylogin Nov 2019 #34
Any link to that? Polybius Nov 2019 #39
I think it was about 93 or so.. Before the internet LiberalArkie Dec 2019 #40
What a total surprise! Why, who would have thought that would PatrickforO Nov 2019 #12
Autopsy? No problem. They got a guy... Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2019 #28
I thought he committed suicide next week. Nt Crabby Appleton Nov 2019 #13
This all feels so very Putin... Crash2Parties Nov 2019 #15
Yep. Trump will even murder to prevent his financial details from being public. Kablooie Nov 2019 #16
1) We don't know. 2) Putin has the means and proximity and motive. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2019 #25
Rudy, bring out your Scarsdale Nov 2019 #17
Same crew as Jeffy Epstein? Botany Nov 2019 #19
This might be BIG!!! N/T ewagner Nov 2019 #20
Funny how anyone who could upset PUtin's planned takeover of America disappear. n/t lark Nov 2019 #22
Kompramat. SayItLoud Nov 2019 #26
Rudy read about this, Scarsdale Nov 2019 #27
I am reminded of Yakov Smirnoff (80's Russian defector/comedian) Moostache Nov 2019 #29
One more link in the long chain of dead witnesses to white washing Russian Mafia Money. Ford_Prefect Nov 2019 #30
It is genuinely offensive that so many of you PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #31
Indeed, and Occam's razor would suggest it was a suicide because.... Brother Buzz Nov 2019 #33
Right. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #35
I think DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #38
Did they find a suicide note with only someone else's fingerprints, hughee99 Dec 2019 #41

groundloop

(11,517 posts)
2. I'm positive our AG will ensure this is thoroughly investigated
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:40 AM
Nov 2019


DAMN what a mess. Who'd have ever dreamed a mobster would occupy the White House, control the Justice Department, and have accomplices embedded all throughout our court system?

Karadeniz

(22,486 posts)
3. Did he fall out a window? Have a heart attack in the backseat of a car? Get drunk and
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 01:19 AM
Nov 2019

Accidentally beat himself to death? Drink a bad cup of tea?

DENVERPOPS

(8,802 posts)
9. Can you believe it????
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 02:40 AM
Nov 2019

Yet ANOTHER "hanging suicide" if you can believe it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seems there are several of those happening. Maybe we will soon have an epidemic on our hands???????????

Hugin

(33,100 posts)
24. They really need to put a Mr Yuck sticker on the stuff.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 10:50 AM
Nov 2019

Household chemicals are so dangerous. Especially, plutonium and polonium.

Think of the children!


disndat

(1,887 posts)
21. The circumstances of this suicide and the
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 10:22 AM
Nov 2019

Epstein suicide reinforces foul play at the highest level.

cstanleytech

(26,273 posts)
6. Well I suppose if he was thinking of rolling over on Trump and was murdered that it could be
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 02:04 AM
Nov 2019

considered a form of suicide.

RockRaven

(14,950 posts)
7. At minimum this guy knew Trump's financials coming to light would land him in a world of shit
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 02:27 AM
Nov 2019

At worst, this is even shadier than it looks.

SergeStorms

(19,190 posts)
10. The method of suicide is somewhat suspect.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 02:46 AM
Nov 2019

Two shots to the back of the head is a little suspicious.

Remember the Clinton's murder list? We ought to start a Trump version, just to piss the GOP off a little more. I always like to poke them with a stick if at all possible.

LiberalArkie

(15,705 posts)
23. We still talk about the body found down the road from me here in Perry County, Ar/
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 10:44 AM
Nov 2019

No hands, no feet, no head. The state media examiner ruled it to be suicide. Body parts found in various parts of the county, if I remember correctly.

SergeStorms

(19,190 posts)
32. You have to be kidding!
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 02:52 PM
Nov 2019

The MA ruled that a suicide, really? Someone has it out for someone else, or something of that nature I guess. Unbelievable.

LiberalArkie

(15,705 posts)
36. The state ME was the one that Clinton appointed when he was the Gov.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 06:40 PM
Nov 2019

He ruled suicide on any suspicious death.

forgotmylogin

(7,522 posts)
34. I think there was a Far Side comic once...
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 03:11 PM
Nov 2019

Police looking at a body with multiple gardening tools (shovel, rake, pruning shears, pitchfork) obviously protruding out of a corpse's back and one comments to the other "We'll definitely need an autopsy to determine the cause of death..."

(Yes, I know it's standard procedure to not assume anything about a crime scene, but it's still darkly humorous.)

PatrickforO

(14,566 posts)
12. What a total surprise! Why, who would have thought that would
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 03:23 AM
Nov 2019

happen?

I'm thinking we need an autopsy before making a determination as to the cause of death. Because this was likely a murder.

Kablooie

(18,619 posts)
16. Yep. Trump will even murder to prevent his financial details from being public.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 04:51 AM
Nov 2019

His financials must really must have something totally horrendous in them if he's willing to murder to keep them hidden.
That's where the bodies are really buried. Congress has to get ahold of them.



Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
17. Rudy, bring out your
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 06:24 AM
Nov 2019

"insurance policy" FAST. Also, hire bodyguards. While tRump is focused on Mexican drug lords, his own Russian Mafia is everywhere, cleaning up the evidence.

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)
26. Kompramat.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 11:31 AM
Nov 2019

It's never been PP tapes or underage girls (which probably do exist) it's been MURDER ! tRUMP has dealt with the Mobs of NY and the Volga. He's a dirty as they come. I just hope SDNY and other States are digging into him and his crime family. Especially the Kushners. He will know every investigation because of Barr but if there are enough some district will get them and their Pardons will be worthless at the State level. I hope.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
27. Rudy read about this,
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 11:35 AM
Nov 2019

then immediately called tRump to deny having "insurance reports" locked in his safe. Rudy would be #3, after Epstein and now this man.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
29. I am reminded of Yakov Smirnoff (80's Russian defector/comedian)
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 11:37 AM
Nov 2019

Here, suspicious people hang themselves in their rooms...in Russia, they "fall" out of high windows while hanging themselves.

Ford_Prefect

(7,875 posts)
30. One more link in the long chain of dead witnesses to white washing Russian Mafia Money.
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:23 PM
Nov 2019

Putin's pals keep on cleaning house to avoid detection.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,839 posts)
31. It is genuinely offensive that so many of you
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 12:35 PM
Nov 2019

here assume this man was murdered. And yeah, lots of suicides hang themselves.

If you'd ever had a loved one commit suicide you wouldn't be so callous.

Brother Buzz

(36,407 posts)
33. Indeed, and Occam's razor would suggest it was a suicide because....
Thu Nov 28, 2019, 03:00 PM
Nov 2019

Bowers knew what was coming down the pike...and it was going to be UGLY. Rosemary Vrablic still has the dirt and is scheduled to testify and there was nothing that Bowers could do.

Now, if Rosemary Vrablic croaks, all bets are off

DENVERPOPS

(8,802 posts)
38. I think
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 02:51 AM
Nov 2019

I think that a big whole string of suicides are about to happen.........

Some, because they can't face the disgrace and see what's coming for their careers or reputations

or

Some, because it is feared what the person knows and that he/she might get talkative to try and save their own asses.........

I can only imagine what the king of kiddy sex trafficking could have divulged when he named names.
I will bet over the years he arranged some really sick and twisted shit for hundreds of big name politicians and rich people. ON HUNDREDS OF POOR INNOCENT CHILDREN MAY I REMIND YOU......

NO, I'm sorry, I truly don't think his was a "self inflicted" suicide........

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