The special counsel for the first time cites Trump’s White House tenure as relevant in the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
WASHINGTON — In court documents filed Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller for the first time cites President Trump’s time in the White House as relevant in the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
It’s the same time frame in which Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, says he prepared and circulated a statement to congressional investigators that was false.
The revelations were two of four areas in which the special counsel says Cohen provided “useful” assistance in the Russia investigation over the course of seven meetings with investigators.
The Mueller filing and a separate one also filed Friday by federal prosecutors in New York essentially place the president as a key figure in multiple federal investigations.
Yet Trump wrote on Twitter about an hour after the filings became public: “Totally clears the President. Thank you!”
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement that the “filings in Mr. Cohen’s case tell us nothing of value that wasn’t already known.
