Report: Mueller To Detail Trump Associates’ Offers Of Russian Sanctions Relief

President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey xxx at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Comey, a former Bush administration official who defiantly refused to go along with White House demands on warrantless wiretapping nearly a decade ago, took over last month for Robert Mueller, who stepped down after 12 years as agency director. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Comey, a former Bus... Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Comey, a former Bush administration official who defiantly refused to go along with White House demands on warrantless wiretapping nearly a decade ago, took over last month for Robert Mueller, who stepped down after 12 years as agency director. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) MORE LESS
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Special counsel Robert Mueller is preparing court filings detailing Trump associates’ offers of sanctions relief to “well-connected” Russians, the Daily Beast reported Tuesday, citing three unnamed sources “familiar with Mueller’s probe.”

The filings will also detail “how those offers and counter-proposals were characterized” to Trump campaign and administration officials, in the report’s words.

Several people in Trump’s “inner circle” developed plans to roll back sanctions, according to the Daily Beast’s sources.

One unnamed former Treasury official said Trump’s transition team “was a mess” and that “by the time they got their stuff together, Congress was increasing sanctions.”

Read the Daily Beast’s full report here.

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