Mueller probe being funded through September: report
By Justin Wise - 03/11/19 08:28 PM EDT
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference and whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin is reportedly being funded through the end of September.
Reuters, citing three U.S. officials familiar, reported on the matter on Monday, noting that the special counsel office's funding was not addressed in the White House and Justice Department's new budget requests. The officials told the news outlet that Mueller's team is still being funded by the U.S. Treasury under specific regulations administered by the Department of Justice.
“The Special Counsel is funded by the Independent Counsel appropriation, a permanent indefinite appropriation established in the Department’s 1988 Appropriations Act,†a Justice Department spokesman said.
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