Posted on 03/12/2019 12:02:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the team he assembled to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump and his associates have been funded through the end of September 2019, three U.S. officials said on Monday, an indication that the probe has funding to keep it going for months if need be.
The operations and funding of Mueller’s office were not addressed in the budget requests for the next government fiscal year issued by the White House and Justice Department on Monday because Mueller’s office is financed by the U.S. Treasury under special regulations issued by the Justice Department, the officials said.
“The Special Counsel is funded by the Independent Counsel appropriation, a permanent indefinite appropriation established in the Department’s 1988 Appropriations Act,” a Justice Department spokesman said.
There has been increased speculation in recent weeks that Mueller’s team is close to winding up its work and is likely to deliver a report summarizing its findings to Attorney General William Barr any day or week now. Mueller’s office has not commented on the news reports suggesting an imminent release.
Representatives of key congressional committees involved in Trump-related investigations say they have received no guidance from Mueller’s office regarding his investigation’s progress or future plans.
The probe, which began in May 2017, is examining whether there were any links or coordination between the Russian government led by Vladimir Putin and the 2016 presidential campaign of Trump, according to an order signed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
Critics of the probe, including Trump allies, have suggested the investigation is a misuse of taxpayer funds and should be wrapped up quickly.
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why????????????????
As someone else has pointed out — the DOD is also already financed. That doesn’t mean we have to have a war.
Don’t let it get to you.
Trump will be 106 and the mueller probe will still be going on.
The idea is to keep the investigations going on forever, until Trump is out of office, in 2021 or 2025.
Why???
Because, as long as investigations are in full swing, either through congress or special counsel, Trump and/or republicans will be prevented from launching their own investigations regarding the phony/DNC Trump dossier and the involvement of Hillary and the Obama administration officials and the FBI/DOJ corrupt agents. If republicans were to try to launch their own investigations while the Mueller/Congress investigations are still active, they (democrats) would accuse the Trump administration of obstruction of justice.
What is the new AG doing? The Republicans are so weak.
This funding needs an abortion!
The Federal fiscal year runs from October 1st through September 30th, and many line items in the budget are carried through the end of the fiscal year.
Agreed. The federal FY runs to Sep 30 so this is normal.
Where else can you land part time work that pays $500 an hour?
I still wonder if they will hold off till about 9/2020 and then come out with some devastating evidence implicating Pres. Trump to Russia and then proclaim they made a mistake after the election, apologize and just tell everyone to move on.
It would be such a joke if it were not so damn maddening.
Exactly.
Been saying it for a long time. Mueller isn't going anywhere. He's their insurance policy.
True.
as long as PDJT lets Mueller grind away, Muller will do so...
he’s got a tremendous Gravy Train at the taxpayers’ expense...
and no doubt he will make even more money afterwards, writing books and giving speeches
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
(for crap!)
Well that money wasting part does bother me. You’re right.
Meaningless. When it’s over, it’s ovuh!
September -——of which year?
Wasting our tax dollars. They’d be better spent on THE WALL!
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