Cybersecurity
Mueller Working on ‘Several’ Probes, McConnell Denies Him Cover
- Senators fail to get traction on bill to protect Mueller
- Special Counsel defers Gates sentencing, citing ‘ongoing’ work
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked two senators from bringing up legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation from any interference by President Donald Trump, as Mueller provided a rare look into work that he said is continuing on several fronts.
Mueller offered the glimpse in a two-paragraph legal filing on Wednesday, which noted that former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates is cooperating with prosecutors on “several ongoing investigations.” Gates’s cooperation means it’s not appropriate to start his sentencing process, Mueller’s prosecutors and Gates’s defense lawyers wrote in a status report filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington, promising an update by Jan. 15.