Robert Mueller has since in may 2017 worked with to examine possible Russian interference in the us elections in 2016 and the contacts between Russia and the Donald Trumps presidential campaign.
On Friday handed over the completed investigation to the U.S. attorney general William Barr.
”the Next step is up to attorney general Barr, and we look forward to the process get their time. The white house has not received or been informed of the special investigator’s report,” writes the White house press secretary Sarah Sanders on Twitter.
”We are pleased that the special investigator’s office has submitted its report to the minister of justice in accordance with the provisions. Attorney general Barr will determine the next appropriate step,” writes Donald Trump’s adviser Rudy Giuliani and Jay Sekulow in a statement, according to CNN.
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classified secret, and it is up to William Barr to decide how much of it should be published. Barr has previously said that he wants to be ”as transparent as possible” within the limits of the law. In a letter on Friday to the politicians in the house and senate judiciary committees, he writes that they can come to get some at the weekend.
the Investigation is described as ”comprehensive” and just ”a few” have so far seen, ” says a source at the department of justice to CNN. In the report, Mueller did not come up with recommendations on any new criminal charges, according to a source within the justice department of several u.s. media.
the Democrats ‘ two leaders in congress, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer writes in a statement that they hope the whole inquiry will be public, and to William Barr does not give the White house any preview. Even the democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, who participated in the presidential elections, appeal to the Barr to publish the report.
prosecuted, including six men who worked in Trumps presidential campaign. Among those sentenced is Donald Trumps former kampanjchef Paul Manafort, his former lawyer Michael Cohen and former kampanjrådgivaren George Papadopoulos.
But much of the investigation, including the degree to Trump himself has been involved in any illegal acts, is still unknown to outsiders. Trump has denied all accusations and Russia has denied valpåverkan.
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