The probe into Russian election interference isn't the only law enforcement action now exploring the election-season dealings of Donald Trump's inner circle. And it's not the only law enforcement investigation to be looking specifically at Trump son-in-law and Ex-Solver of All National Problems Jared Kushner.

Federal prosecutors have requested records related to a $285 million loan that Deutsche Bank gave Jared Kushner’s family real estate company one month before Election Day, the company confirmed this week. [...] The loan was secured while Kushner was both the head of the company and playing a leading role in running the presidential campaign of his father-in-law, Donald Trump.

These are not prosecutors associated with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, but a separate, New York-based team. And it's not clear why they've taken an interest in this specific loan.

There is plenty of fodder for speculation, though. Deutsche Bank has come under severe scrutiny in recent years, and New York regulators extracted a $425 million penalty against the company just last January for, you guessed it, a massive Russia money-laundering scheme. Kushner's company itself is being probed by Mueller's team, and was investigated by another for positioning itself, after Trump's election, as being a go-to source for wealthy Chinese investors seeking to use the company's real estate holdings as pricy path to U.S. citizenship. And the person Kushner purchased this property from in the first place has some intriguing ties as well: