What did Special Prosecutor Muller manage for the year of investigation of the Russian interference

Today marks exactly one year since US Deputy Secretary of Justice Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI director Robert Muller as special prosecutor to investigate Russia's interference in the US 2016 election and the alleged conspiracy of Donald Trump’s entourage with Moscow.

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The results of the activities of 73-year-old Mueller, who commanded a Marine platoon during the Vietnam War, are summed up in different ways. It is estimated that President Trump has called the investigation a “witch hunt” 42 times on Twitter to date.

Trump also regularly emphasizes on Twitter - “No Collusion!” His supporters, the most vociferous of whom is the president's current new lawyer, a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, argue that Mueller found no evidence of collusion and demand that he wind down the investigation.

In fact, what exactly did Special Prosecutor Muller have managed to accomplish over the past year? His fans say a lot.

Even Trump's friend, the head of the resource. Newsmax Christopher Ruddy admits that Muller’s investigation is moving at an accelerated pace.

"They don't mess around," he said. The Washington Post. “The number of cases brought, guilty pleas and everything else is simply amazing. I believe that this investigation will be completed faster than all others."

19 man and 3 companies

So far, the special prosecutor has brought 19 people and 3 Russian companies to trial. 13 of the 19 defendants were brought in in February of this year in the case of “Russian trolls” who allegedly sowed confusion in the minds of Americans through social networks before the 2016 elections.

But these defendants, in general opinion, will never be brought before a US court because they live in Russia, which does not have an extradition treaty with the United States. And none of the Americans are accused of knowingly conspiring with them.

No one expected that 3 companies involved in the troll case would appear in court. Suddenly one of them, Concord Management and Consulting, owned by Putin’s “chef” businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin and allegedly financing the activities of the St. Petersburg “troll factory”, hired expensive American lawyers and began pestering prosecutors with demands to provide the defense with a bunch of materials, including number of closed ones.

Most of the remaining six defendants have already pleaded guilty. Skeptics emphasize that not one of them has admitted to colluding with Russia, because of which all the fuss has flared up.

"20 times a day"

Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn and third-ranking foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign George Papadopoulos admitted to lying to federal investigators, and former deputy chief of staff Rick Gates admitted to financial improprieties. His former boss, Paul Manafort, is facing the same charges, but maintains his innocence and is awaiting two trials. None of them were accused of collusion with Russia.

Mueller also recommended that federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York look into Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who was searched and a trove of documents and electronic devices were seized. Trump reportedly fumes at the White House "up to 20 times a day" about the searches, while his aides are left to watch the scenes in silence because they have nothing to console him.

But Cohen hasn't been officially blamed for anything yet.

Mueller also requested - and received - almost one and a half million internal Trump administration documents from the White House and questioned dozens of his associates, and even some of his close relatives, since they are listed as presidential advisers.

The range of officials interrogated by Muller extends from the White House legal adviser Donald McGan to 29-year-old Avi Berkowitz, Kushner's personal assistant.

Rear entrance

Interrogations are held in the Washington Federal Court building in a large, windowless room in which members of a grand jury convened by Muller sit.

Interrogated persons who do not want to meet with a crowd of reporters besieging the building can use his back door.

The former employee of the Tramp headquarters, Sei Nunberg, said that he was not given such an opportunity, and he himself preferred to proudly pass through the crowd of paparazzi.

It is impossible to accurately assess the scale of the work done by Muller, since both he and his team do not give interviews and do not merge information in the media. Several witnesses questioned by him told reporters what they were asked about. But the majority keep their mouths shut, so it’s very difficult to get an idea of ​​the state and direction of the investigation.

It is completely incomprehensible what other trump cards Mueller has left and how long his investigation will bring the president out of himself and darken his rule.

Not being able to influence Muller, Trump is trying to influence public opinion. He regularly brands the Special Prosecutor, the FBI and his own Justice Department. Surveys show that this tactic is bearing fruit.

Not an inch of land

Skeptics, however, argue that Trump’s attacks have nothing to do with it, and that the public mood is most affected by the fact that the investigation has no end in sight. If you like, it expires, usually between one and a half and two years. So Muller should act even faster.

Trump, meanwhile, changed his lawyer's team and tactics. Former lawyers advised him to meet the investigation and meet, for example, resignedly to provide him with all the requested documents.

Not long ago, Trump, however, got angry and began to dream out loud about a “television lawyer” who would fight for him on silver screens and not give up an inch of ground to Mueller. This is how Giuliani appeared in the White House, who at times says unnecessary things, but impresses Trump with his combativeness.

On Wednesday, Giuliani reported, citing Muller, that he was not going to bring Trump to court, since the Justice Ministry had repeatedly pointed out since 1973 that it was impossible to judge the current president. But this postulate has never been tested in the judicial crucible.

In any case, Müller can collect dirt on Trump and, instead of the court, take him to the House of Representatives for an impeachment, which is quite likely if the Democrats win a majority there in November.

Speaking on television Wednesday night, former senior FBI official Chuck Rosenberg called Mueller "brilliant, unflappable and a man of integrity." Over the past year, Mueller has accomplished a lot, although he has not yet proven the fact of collusion with Russia. But it's not evening yet.

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