The federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election that has consumed the first two years of President Donald Trump’s term in office will not be over soon.
The federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election that has consumed the first two years of President Donald Trump ‘s term in office will not be over soon.
For months, there has been speculation that Mueller was wrapping up his probe into any links between Trump and Russia. Ty Cobb, a former White House lawyer focused on the Mueller probe, said in August 2017 that he would be «embarrassed» if the probe continued into 2018.
But recent events have ensured that the inquiry will last well into 2019.
Legal developments in cases brought against two former Trump officials have proven that neither the president, who has blasted investigators for what he has called «an illegal Hoax that should be ended immediately,» nor Mueller, who has provided no indication of when he may conclude, can overcome the slow marching bureaucracy of the U. S. federal court system.
The delays come as Trump and those in his orbit face parallel investigations from New York investigators, who are examining Trump’s charitable foundation, and from Democrats in Congress, who will take over the House of Representatives in January and have vowed to closely examine Trump’s personal finances and businesses.
