Mueller Preps To Home In On Collusion Question In Coming Weeks

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves following a meeting with members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on June 21, 2017. / A... Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves following a meeting with members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on June 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Special counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to focus his investigation on possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russians in the 2016 election, with hopes of concluding that aspect of the probe by this fall, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.

According to a person familiar with the probe who spoke to Bloomberg, Mueller plans to make probing possible collusion his sole focus in coming weeks. He is currently working to wrap up other aspects of the investigation, like whether Trump obstructed justice when he fired former FBI director James Comey.

The news comes amid emerging reports that longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone spoke to a Russian during the election, a conversation he said he forgot to disclose during conversations with investigators. Stone is just one of at least a dozen other Trump campaign associates who had contacts with Russians during the election, including his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. 

Read Bloomberg’s full report here.

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  1. Copy edit, aisle 5.

    You can either “hone” something (hone=sharpen), or you can “home in on” something. One or the other, but not a mixture of the two.

    ETA: And now fixed, at least on the front page. Someone at TPM actually correcting a grammatical error or typo? It’s a miracle! PTL!!!

  2. According to a person familiar with the probe who spoke to Bloomberg,

    Anonymous source. Rudy, is that you?

  3. More news to drive Donald off the deep end.
    Tweasonous Twitler will Twat his rage-ridden disapproval. Oh, such fun!

  4. So:

    Mueller knows he already has Obstruction dead to rights.

    Brought on board new prosecutors to specialize in followup on Russian interference, post-investigation.

    Linking the two via Obstruction.

    The end is coming, @realdonaldtrump

  5. I hope he is thoroughly planning for his upcoming firing.

    Trump will not care about obstruction, he will(incorrectly) say a president can’t obstruct.

    But can’t as easily explain away collusion that he has been denying.

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