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Deutsche Bank Trump Loans 2016

Deutsche Bank's involvement in lending to Donald Trump and his companies during the 2016 campaign, amidst the bank's Russian money-laundering scandals and regulatory scrutiny.

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Jan 17, 2026
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How did Deutsche Bank’s lending to Donald Trump and its role in Russian money‑laundering investigations overlap?

Deutsche Bank was one of the few major lenders willing to extend hundreds of millions in credit to Donald Trump and his companies at a time when the bank was simultaneously implicated in large-scale R...

Jan 18, 2026

What findings did regulatory investigations and court cases reveal about Deutsche Bank and Trump's Russian-linked entities?

Regulators and journalists uncovered systemic anti-money‑laundering failures at Deutsche Bank that enabled large Russian flows — including a $10 billion “mirror trading” scheme that drew fines and reg...