The special counsel’s grand jury investigating Russian collusion into the 2016 election is “continuing robustly” despite the end of Mueller’s probe, a federal prosecutor said today
The special counsel’s grand jury investigating Russian collusion into the 2016 presidential election is “continuing robustly” despite the end of Robert Mueller’s probe, a federal prosecutor said in court Wednesday.
During a brief open hearing Wednesday, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court, Beryl Howell, pressed Goodhand to say if the grand jury Mueller had been using in the case remained active.POLITICO Playbook newsletterBy signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Barr also released a four-page summary explaining the special counsel had not found a conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia to sway the election. But Barr also noted that Mueller had not reached a conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice.
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