The office of the special counsel investigating ties between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election says it is “tying up loose ends.”
Source: Mueller preparing endgame for Russia probe
WASHINGTON ā Special counsel Robert Muellerās prosecutors have told defense lawyers in recent weeks that they are ātying up loose endsā in their investigation, providing the clearest clues yetĀ thatĀ the long-running probe into Russiaās interference in the 2016 election may be coming to its climax, potentially in the next few weeks, according to multiple sources close to the matter.
The new information about the state of Muellerās investigation comes during a pivotal week when the special counselās prosecutors are planning to file memos about three of their most high profileĀ defendants ā former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
A Flynn sentencing memo is due Tuesday, and memos about Manafort and Cohen are slated for Friday. All three documents are expected to yield significant new details on what cooperation the three of them provided to the Russia investigation.
There has been much speculation that Mueller might file his memo in Manafortās case under seal in order to prevent public disclosure of the additional crimes his office believes Manafort committed when he allegedly lied to prosecutors andĀ broke a plea dealĀ after agreeing to cooperate.
But Peter Carr,Ā Ā spokesman for the special counsel, confirmed to Yahoo News on Monday that the Manafort memo āwill be public,ā although he added there could be some portions that are redacted or filed as a sealed addendum. The Manafort memo has been requested by the federal judge in his case so that prosecutors could, for the first time, spell out what matters they believe Manafort has lied to them about.
The fact that Mueller is planning a public filing about Manafort suggests he may no longer feel the need to withhold information about his case in order to bring additional indictments against others. That would be consistent with messages his prosecutors have given defense lawyers in recent weeks indicating that they are in the endgame of their investigation.
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