Whitaker Dismissing Notion He’ll Starve Mueller's Probe of Money
- Acting AG has said Mueller could be halted by witholding funds
- Mueller probe cost more than $16 million in its first year
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Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has told associates that the Justice Department under his leadership won’t cut the budget for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference, said a person familiar with the matter.
It’s a signal that some of the worst fears that critics have about Whitaker’s potential to interfere with Mueller’s probe won’t come true in the immediate aftermath of the former DOJ chief of staff being chosen to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions.