Posted on 06/08/2018 6:52:12 PM PDT by caww
The House voted Friday to audit special counsel Robert Mueller's team to see how he's spending money as he investigates alleged collusion between Russia and President Trump's campaign.
Lawmakers voted 207-201 to attach the language to a veterans, military construction, and energy and water spending bill that was headed to pass Friday.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., has been pushing for an audit of the Mueller probe in part because he is seeking information about the scope of the investigation. His amendment “reestablishes a semiannual Government Accountability Office financial review of obligated expenditures” from Mueller's office.
It would also require GAO to turn over the audits to House committees, including the Judiciary and Government Oversight panels.
"It's time for Congress to act to restore this key oversight provision," Meadows said.
The Justice Department reported in December that Mueller had spent nearly $7 million on the first four months of the investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Wonder if anybody’s lying on their lunch vouchers.
How is something like this going to make it past the thick murk all the way through the Senate?
Who were the Pubs that voted against?
Regular expense reports, audits, and progress reports should have been part of the scope from the beginning.
I wonder what Mueller is getting paid.
Müller belongs in Spandau prison in his uncle Rudolf’s cell.
Annual audits for the next 7 years. Way to be strong Congress!!
Defund the DOJ. All paychecks will bounce. Insurance cancelled. I like it!
I’M glad they’re doing it...let Meuller feel the heat!
Senate would be fools not to pass it...
I suspect there was but they weren’t audited.
Don’t know but google would say.
Mueller’s salary as a special counsel, which is a DoJ position, is roughly $161,000/year.
He made roughly $3.5 million in private practice in 2017
He’s making sure the Hillary donors on his team get back the money they spent on The Shrew
It’s a step in the right direction.
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