Eye on his 2008 sale to Putin pal

A DEMOCRATIC senator has requested Treasury Department documents related to President Trump’s possible distress sale of a Florida estate to a Russian oligarch, according to a report.

Sen. Ron Wyden, the Senate Finance Committee’s top Dem, wants a deep dive into the 2008 sale of Maison de l’Amiti that Trump’s company made to Kremlin-tied fertilizer king Dmitry Rybolovlev.

The Oregon senator wrote Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday, according to a letter CNN obtained. He says Trump was in financial straits and sold the Palm Beach property for about $95 million, $30 million less than its appraisal. Wyden wrote that Congress needs to investigate “any potential money laundering or other illicit financial dealings between the President, his associates and Russia.” THE SOARING budget deficits expected under a spending deal President Trump signed last week could be “very dangerous,” White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Sunday.

Congress passed, and Trump signed, legislation raising defense and domestic spending caps by $300 million over two years, ending the latest government shutdown. The federal deficit is expected to jump to $1.2 trillion in 2019. Mulvaney said Trump wanted higher military spending and agreed to higher domestic spending to get Democrats’ votes. On “Fox News Sunday,” Mulvaney said Trump’s budget proposal will contain $3 billion for his wall.