Trump Urged Top Aide to Help Giuliani Client Facing DOJ Charges President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was a client of Rudy Giuliani, according to three people familiar with the 2017 meeting in the Oval Office. President Trump pressed former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to "help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader" in 2017, which Tillerson reportedly refused and described as illegal, Bloomberg reports.. The big picture: Trump is currently facing an impeachment inquiry that grew from a whistleblower report on his interactions with another Blomberg News reported today about a 2017 Oval Office meeting where the president pushed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to try to offer a rationale to the Justice Department to drop a criminal investigation of one of his attorney Rudy Giuliani’s clients, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader named Reza Zarrab, citing three people familiar

9 Oct 2019 Giuliani's client was an Iranian-Turkish gold trader named Reza Zarrab, and federal prosecutors in New York had charged him with dodging  pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was  15 Oct 2019 a Turkish bank with ties to a gold trader connected to Rudy Giuliani, in 2017, Trump asked then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to get the  10 Oct 2019 Specifically he wanted Tillerson to lean on the Justice Department to drop an investigation into Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader  9 Oct 2019 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson looks at President Donald Trump during its criminal case against Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader  10 Oct 2019 Guiliani at the time wasn't Trump's attorney, as he is now, though he was a big supporter. His client was gold trader Reza Zarrab, who was 

9 Oct 2019 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to work with the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, 

11 Oct 2019 of State Rex Tillerson in 2017, Rudy Giuliani pressed for help in securing the release of a jailed client, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader, as part  10 Oct 2019 of State Rex Tillerson in 2017, Rudolph W. Giuliani pressed for help in securing the release of a jailed client, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader,  10 Oct 2019 Rex Tillerson in the fall of 2017 to work with Rudolph W. Giuliani to help stop the prosecution of a Turkish Iranian gold trader represented by  10 Oct 2019 criminal case against Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader—and client of Rudy Giuliani. Tillerson refused the request and immediately  11 Oct 2019 Mr Giuliani reportedly asked Mr Tillerson in 2017 to help free his client, an Iranian -Turkish gold trader. Mr Trump had encouraged Mr Tillerson  10 Oct 2019 Between the lines: The dismissal of gold trader Reza Zarrab's case was a high priority for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan until the  10 Oct 2019 sought to interfere in a legal case against a gold trader accused of breaching sanctions on Iran, urging then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 

21 Apr 2017 The subject of Zarrab came up again three weeks ago during a visit to Ankara, Turkey, by US secretary of state Rex Tillerson. During that visit, 

pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was  15 Oct 2019 a Turkish bank with ties to a gold trader connected to Rudy Giuliani, in 2017, Trump asked then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to get the  10 Oct 2019 Specifically he wanted Tillerson to lean on the Justice Department to drop an investigation into Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader  9 Oct 2019 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson looks at President Donald Trump during its criminal case against Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader 

9 Oct 2019 Bloomberg found, focused on the Iranian-Turkish gold trader Reza Trump reportedly made the request that Rex Tillerson intervene in the 

11 Oct 2019 Trump asked Tillerson to help Giuliani client with DOJ: Bloomberg When Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader, was taken into federal  9 Oct 2019 Trump allegedly requested Tillerson's help in convincing the DOJ to cease prosecuting Reza Zarrab, 34, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader. 9 Oct 2019 Giuliani's client was an Iranian-Turkish gold trader named Reza Zarrab, and federal prosecutors in New York had charged him with dodging  pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was  15 Oct 2019 a Turkish bank with ties to a gold trader connected to Rudy Giuliani, in 2017, Trump asked then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to get the  10 Oct 2019 Specifically he wanted Tillerson to lean on the Justice Department to drop an investigation into Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader  9 Oct 2019 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson looks at President Donald Trump during its criminal case against Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader 

pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was 

President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was a client of Rudy Trump Urged Top Aide to Help Giuliani Client Facing DOJ Charges President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against an Iranian-Turkish gold trader who was a client of Rudy Giuliani, according to three people familiar with the 2017 meeting in the Oval Office.

9 Oct 2019 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to work with the Justice Department to drop a criminal case against Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab,  11 Nov 2019 Two years earlier, Trump repeatedly sought to enlist Tillerson to intervene in a criminal case against a Turkish gold trader who was a client of  30 Mar 2017 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Thursday that who is accused of conspiring with Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza  21 Apr 2017 The subject of Zarrab came up again three weeks ago during a visit to Ankara, Turkey, by US secretary of state Rex Tillerson. During that visit,  30 Mar 2017 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hailed Turkey as a trusted ally after with wealthy Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab to funnel hundreds of  30 Nov 2017 A Turkish-Iranian gold trader has testified in a US court that he paid bribes as part of an Iran sanctions busting scheme. The case implicates  14 Mar 2018 A trader working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday at amrith.ramkumar@wsj.com and Riva Gold at riva.gold@wsj.com.