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Report: Deutsche Bank subpoenaed over dealings with Trump associates

Deutsche Bank AG received a subpoena from U.S. special prosecutor Robert Mueller several weeks ago, demanding that the German lender submit documents that "pertain to people affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump," a "person briefed on the matter" told Bloomberg News.

Bloomberg's source asked to remain anonymous because Mueller's action hasn’t been publicly announced. Deutsche Bank declined to comment. Trump’s lawyer John Dowd denied a subpoena had been issued.

The U.S. Department of Justice appointed Mueller in June to look into whether Trump's campaign team had colluded with Russia to interfere with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in 2016.

Trump reportedly owed Deutsche Bank about $300 million from his real estate business dealings before he became president, Bloomberg said. The lender had previously refused to disclose information regarding Trump's personal accounts, saying it was prohibited by U.S. privacy laws.

Trump recently denied any collusion between his presidential campaign team and Russia, despite the president's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, pleading guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his conversations in December 2016 with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

In recent weeks Mueller has also been questioning White House aides, such as former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and former spokesman Sean Spicer, "people familiar with the investigation" told the newswire.