Mueller Seen Pushing Past Trump Imposed Deadline

Special counsel Robert Mueller “doesn’t have to shut down his Russia investigation in the weeks before November’s congressional elections despite claims by President Trump’s lawyers that he faces a September 1 deadline, according to current and former U.S. officials,” Bloomberg reports.

“Mueller can continue his closed-door inquiries, and even issue new indictments up to and after the November 6 voting, without violating a Justice Department policy against actions intended ‘for the purpose of affecting any election,’ they said, asking not to be identified discussing investigative matters.”

“That’s at odds with repeated assertions by Trump’s lawyers.”