Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe

[highplainsdem]

Source: Bloomberg

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.

As Mueller pursues his probe, he’s making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents -- a sign that he may be laying the groundwork to hand off parts of his investigation eventually, several current and former U.S. officials said.

Mueller and his team of 17 federal prosecutors are coping with a higher-then-expected volume of court challenges that has added complexity in recent months, but there’s no political appetite at this time to increase the size of his staff, the officials said.

According to his most recent statement of expenditures, more money is being spent on work done by permanent Department of Justice units than on Mueller’s own dedicated operation. The DOJ units spent $9 million from the investigation’s start in May 2017 through March of this year, compared with $7.7 million spent by Mueller’s team.

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Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/mueller-said-to-tap-more-career-prosecutors-as-trump-probe-grows

[Maxheader]

1. Would like to think...

that rather than showing damning pieces of the investigation to the public,
mueller wants to put the whole drama out at one time...to emphasis the
lengthy treachery and cheetozs involvement...

[PatSeg]

2. That's how it feels to me

Also he probably does not want certain people to know how much evidence he has.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. I think that is likely. Plus if he made interim report, it would be seized on to close him down. .nt

[lapfog_1]

4. The complete and detailed story

is going to be too complex for the vast majority of Americans to follow (my fear). The tentacles are going to reach everywhere. GOP, Mercers, Cambridge Analytica, Devos and Eric Prince, possibly the Koch brothers, other billionaires, the Saudis, the Russian Mob, Putin and ALL of his oligarchs, and on and on... money laundering, sex crimes including prostitution, banking, cyber crimes including the theft of emails and other spying, Kaspersky, tax evasion, self dealing, misuse of charity money, possibly murder for hire. And much much more.

The cast of characters will reach into the 100s.

The number of crimes... 1000s.

But will anyone actually be able to piece it all together into a coherent story that the general population can follow?

[erronis]

7. To me it sounds like a good Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky novel, except this is real. A mini-series?

The US public seems to lap up these multi-year dramas - or reality T.V.....

[forgotmylogin]

10. I hope they document the whole thing and publish as a book.

Similar to the 911 Report.

[lagomorph777]

8. "The President of the United States of America has been committing treason for years."

Everybody else is a supporting character.

[KPN]

11. The only piece I care about is the piece that says Donald J. Trump knew that this was going on.

[True Blue American]

14. Now Jordan is blaming

Rubinstein for his problems! Can you hear the rats squealing all over?

[QED]

17. Don't forget members of Congress

Nunes is up to his eyeballs in this, as are others.

[Adrahil]

16. He wants bullet proof cases....

... and wants to avoid accusations of grandstanding with indictments rolling out piecemeal.

[Nitram]

5. Yes!

The Wheels of Justice grind very slow and exceedingly fine!

[Sneederbunk]

6. It will not be a raid but D-Day.

[Leghorn21]

9. 7.7 million- what's that, a trip and a half to maralego? Pffft. If you want some bang for your

buck, call Mr. Mueller & Co!!

[sarcasmo]

12. Use as many prosecutors as you need Mr. Mueller, find the truth.

[SkatmanRoth]

13. Mr. Mueller is going to need many, many prosecutors to clean up this mess

It is about time to hand down the indictments in mass. Don't give them time to react, just hit every one of them at the same time and press the matter in court.

[Adrahil]

15. A friend of mine, who is a local prosecutor said....

This is a sign that indictments are forthcoming. Each new prosecutor represents at least one case. Dunno if he's right, but..... there ya go.