FILE PHOTO: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks during a markup on the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Democratic senator on Thursday questioned whether President Donald Trump interfered with a criminal investigation of Turkey's Halkbank, which has been accused of conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asking if Trump or anyone acting on the president's behalf had asked Mnuchin to "handle, intervene, or otherwise engage with Turkish concerns related to Halkbank, or with Halkbank generally?"
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