By appointing Mr. Mueller, a former federal prosecutor with an unblemished reputation, Mr. Rosenstein could alleviate uncertainty about the government’s ability to investigate the questions surrounding the Trump campaign and the Russians.
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The firm employs lawyers for Mr. Kushner and for Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. The appointment is certain to soothe nerves at the F.B.I., where agents have felt under siege since Mr. Comey’s firing and amid Mr. Trump’s repeated criticism of the Russia investigation. Mr. Mueller is known for his gruff, exacting management style — and for saving the F.B.I. after the Sept. 11 attacks, when there were calls to break it up and create a separate domestic intelligence agency.
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Trump business transactions involving Russians from before the campaign: Per Bloomberg, Mueller is looking into the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, a Trump business deal with Russian associates for a condo development in SoHo, and Trump’s sale of a Florida estate to a wealthy Russian back in 2008.
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/24/16008272/robert-mueller-fbi-trump-russia-explained
Who are Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein? A closer look at two of the players at the center of the investigation of Trump’s ties to Russia.
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department appointed Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director, as special counsel on Wednesday to oversee the investigation into ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, dramatically raising the legal and political stakes in an affair that has threatened to engulf Mr. Trump’s four-month-old ...
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department appointed Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director, as special counsel on Wednesday to oversee the investigation into ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, dramatically raising the legal and political stakes in an affair that has threatened to engulf Mr. Trump’s four-month-old presidency.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html
On May 17, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced that he was appointing Mueller as a special counsel charged with investigating connections between the Trump campaign and Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 election.
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/24/16008272/robert-mueller-fbi-trump-russia-explained
Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Is Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation. Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, was chosen to oversee the inquiry amid escalating pressure.
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what is mueller investigating trump for
Mueller as a special counsel charged with investigating connections between the Trump campaign and Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 election. Mueller as a special counsel is charged with investigating connections between the Trump campaign and Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 election. 