It does not matter how the investigation started. A federally insured financial institution made a loan based on what appears to be false statements. That financial institution has suffered a loss that loss would have to be absorbed by tax payers if the loss is big enough. The property of the college is being foreclosed on as we speak.

It does not matter how the investigation started. If a federally insured financial institution suffers a loss due to false statements, then FBI will investigate.

Do you have a link to an article that says an FBI investigation is going on?

I did find this in the article:
The office of Vermont’s U.S. attorney won’t confirm whether the matter is being investigated, but former college officials say they have been questioned by federal agents

...that an investigation is going on.

And both CBS and CNBC have reported that the FBI is conducting an investigation.

This is on the front page of the Washington Post internet feed https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/federal-prosecutors-step-up-probe-of-land-deal-pushed-by-wife-of-bernie-sanders/2017/07/10/e3fc3e72-625a-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html?utm_term=.dde763ae2b24

A seated grand jury is never good news

Grand juries are burdensome and expensive.

Another thing of note from the article Gothmog posted is that 3 witnesses have reported being called by Sander's attorneys.

The college claimed that this donor had promised to bequeath a large sum of money, yet the donor claims she did no such thing.

The college in its loan application stated that the donation was due any day and when that donation did not come in, the loan went into default. The fact that the loan went into default shortly after being made is a sign of fraud

That the loan was approved due to the listing of her "donation". The donor clearly felt betrayed.

That's what I was thinking. It just seemed so wrong.

One other thing in the article:

“While the Obama administration was in office, I don’t think anyone thought that these baseless allegations warranted hiring a lawyer,” Weaver said. “But with Trump and [Attorney General] Jeff Sessions at the helm, that’s a very different situation.”

I guess Weaver forgot that the investigation began about a year before Obama left office?

If the donor had died during the first year of the loan, then the fraud would not have been so easy to detect. The fact that the loan went into default so soon after being made is not a good fact here

There is a grand jury in place hearing testimony in the real world

A federally insured financial institution made a $10 million loan based on really false statements. These statements used to get the loan were so bad that the loan went bad and now the property in in foreclosure. When someone lies to a federally insured financial institution and that institution loses money, there will be an investigation. Here the loan went in default shortly after being made which is strong evidence of fraud

...with Vermont’s United States Attorney and the acting inspector general of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The complaint was subsequently referred to the FBI, which is now conducting an investigation.

Else this so called investigation would not even be taking place. Trying so hard to find anything...anything to dull American's progressive leader's input. A man of the people and not Mara-log o. It's so petty. So glad you brought it to DU. Now we see Mothog take flight

....I doubt we'll be seeing "Mothog" (you mean Gothmog?), a 13-year member at DU, take flight. Why do you say that?

I am having fun on the live tweet of the Texas redistricting case but I am still active https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1817167

Corporations can profit more!

Making false statements to a federally insured financial institution in connection with a loan application is a federal crime. The reason for this is that the taxpayers are on the hook if the federally insured financial institution fails. According to today's Washington Post article, there is a real investigation being conducted here https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/federal-prosecutors-step-up-probe-of-land-deal-pushed-by-wife-of-bernie-sanders/2017/07/10/e3fc3e72-625a-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html?utm_term=.dde763ae2b24

And they were all prosecuted?

This was a material loan with a material lost to a federally insured financial institution. Read the Washington Post article https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/federal-prosecutors-step-up-probe-of-land-deal-pushed-by-wife-of-bernie-sanders/2017/07/10/e3fc3e72-625a-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html?utm_term=.dde763ae2b24

It is doubtful that the proceeds from the foreclosure sale will cover this loan

Link to tweet

By republican scum

Because her name is Sanders.

Fight the good fight and this what you can expect.

Corporate scum attacks

are writing about the FBI.

Wait, my bad. Apparently a grand jury has been seated, as of April.

by media outlets.

You should read the Washington Post article about this "bullshit".

It's a FACT that a grand jury has been convened. You may not like that FACT, but it's still true. Or is it not supposed to be reported?

filed a complaint. This story has been out there a long time, and when any of us mentioned it could be a problem up the road, we were told we were the assholes.

Nearly all of the GOP claims about left-wing malfeasance are vapor-ware, unless you really believe all the shit they've peddled about the Clintons for years. Being prepared for the shit and having done oppo on your own side is the responsible response, not accusing everyone else of being out to get you.

This is going to take more than Weaver's dazzle camouflage to winkle out of. I guess we know why he stepped down from OR now though.