How much did it cost a year to investigate Russian intervention in US elections

The cost of the investigation of Russia's interference in the elections in the US by special prosecutor Robert Muller, which lasted a year, was $ 16,7 million, writes the publication Time.

Robert Muller. Photo: video frame

From October 2017 of the year to March of 2018 of the year, according to the Department of Justice data released on Thursday, the Muller team received about $ 10 million. This amount should be added to the $ 6,7 million spent in the first 5 months of the investigation, starting in May of 2017, when the former the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was appointed special prosecutor.

In this case, the investigators in five cases managed to confess the guilt of the suspects, and 17 was officially charged to individuals and organizations.

Muller issued a special statement in which he emphasized that all spending “fits within the allocated budget,” the publication writes. DW. Trump, in turn, in May accused the special counsel of financial overspending, calling his team's work a "witch hunt."

Main expense items

As follows from a recent report from the US Department of Justice, $4,5 million is the direct cost of operating the Mueller Commission for October-March. Of this, over 0,8 million was spent on paying salaries and bonuses to employees, $1,9 million went to attract third-party specialists.

Another $532 was allocated for transportation costs, over $227 for IT services and just over $29 for supplies and material costs.

But the lion's share of the $10 million in expenses—$5,5 million—went to the Justice Department for "operating expenses" associated with the commission's work, the report said.

The report for the period April 1 to September 30, the current financial year, is expected to be released before January 2019.

Müller's investigation

US intelligence agencies suspect the Kremlin has intervened in the United States presidential election campaign to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election of the year.

Appointed in May 2017 by the US Department of Justice, a special prosecutor and former FBI director Robert Muller, as well as several congressional committees deal investigating whether there were attempts by the Russian authorities to intervene in the 2016 election of the year, as well as a search for alleged contacts between Moscow and those associated with Donald Trump's campaign headquarters.

What Special Prosecutor Muller managed for the year of investigation of the Russian interference can be found in our article.

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