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==Controversy== On May 15, 2004, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' published an article that said, "A political Web site written by a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] operative drew attention yesterday to the fact that President Bush's uncle, Jonathan J. Bush, is a top executive at Riggs Bank, which this week agreed to pay a record $25 million in civil fines for violations of law intended to thwart [[money laundering]]."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28396-2004May14.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Web Site Cites Bush-Riggs Link |date=May 15, 2004 |access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref> The bank accounts under investigation may have been [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]], though the article did not say so. It did, however, go on to say: "a source familiar with the multiple federal investigations of the bank's Saudi accounts and other embassy accounts say Jonathan Bush's investment advice unit has 'no relationship whatsoever' with any of the Riggs's Saudi accounts." Moreover, the newspaper quoted a spokesman for the [[Office of the Comptroller of the Currency]] as saying "any suggestion of political influence in the Riggs situation is 'preposterous.'" In 1991, Bush was fined $30,000 in [[Massachusetts]] and several thousand dollars in [[Connecticut]] for violating registration laws governing [[securities]] sales. He was barred from securities brokerage with the general public in Massachusetts for one year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mass. Regulators Fine Stockbrokerage Owned by President Bush's Brother |publisher=Associated Press |date=July 26, 1991}}</ref>
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