Democratic Senators renew call for Deutsche Bank probe at banking committee

[February 07, 2019]   Frankfurt (Reuters) - Two Democratic U.S. Senators - one of whom is a presidential candidate - renewed their calls on Thursday for a probe by the Senate banking committee into Deutsche Bank laundering allegations, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

Potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a house party in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., January 12, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The letter, sent by Senators Chris Van Hollen and Elizabeth Warren to Mike Crapo, chairman of the banking committee, requested a "thorough, detailed bipartisan Committee investigation into Deutsche Bank's compliance history, to be followed by a report and hearing".

(Reporting by Tom Sims, Editing by Tassilo Hummel)

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