End of Mueller shifts focus to existing probes
But he did refer 14 instances of potential criminal activity to law enforcement in other districts that fell outside his original mandate to investigate Russian meddling.
Only two of those are revealed in the report: the evidence that precipitated Cohen’s first guilty plea in August as well as the case involving former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig, who pleaded not guilty to violating foreign lobbying laws last week. It is unclear whether the other 12 unknown matters will ultimately yield criminal charges.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are still investigating Cohen’s payments to women who claimed they had affairs with Trump before the election, which authorities say amount to campaign finance violations. Cohen has claimed publicly that Trump directed him to make the payments and paid him back while in office. Trump has denied wrongdoing.
Some of the ongoing investigations and criminal cases could present political problems for a White House seeking to move on after Mueller.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan had gathered more evidence in the hush money probe through interviews with members of Trump’s inner circle, such as Hope Hicks, that implicated him in federal crimes. Federal prosecutors in New York are also said to be investigating Trump’s inaugural committee.
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