But they say Edwards claimed to be a 'whistle-blower' who sent the documents to a reporter for 'record-keeping.' Although she has previously filed a whistle-blower complaint with the Treasury Department, agents determined that it was unrelated to the document leaks. Suspicious Activity Reports are documents that banks file with the government when they spot potentially illegal transactions. Edwards is charged with one count of 'unauthorized disclosures of suspicious activity reports' and one count of 'conspiracy to make unauthorized disclosures of suspicious activity reports.' New York-based BuzzFeed has reported extensively on SAR documents connected to Butina, Manafort and others.

Source: Daily Mail October 17, 2018 16:53 UTC