The Pre-Election Quiet Period Is Over for Robert Mueller
- Special counsel said ready to deliver key findings in probe
- He may feel added pressure to finish work before bosses change
Robert Mueller in Washington, D.C. on June 21, 2017.
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller, now freed from the constraints of his pre-election quiet period, must decide on the next steps in his high-profile investigation of Russian meddling and the role of President Donald Trump.
But Mueller still faces the prospect of a shake-up in the Justice Department’s leadership. Trump has signaled widely that he may replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and the fate of the man supervising Mueller’s probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, also remains unclear.