Mueller's Russian-Trolls Case Places U.S. Secrets at Risk
- ‘Putin’s Chef’ business fights to loosen evidence restrictions
- Judge’s pending ruling may decide whether U.S. drops case
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A centerpiece of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation -- his indictment of 16 individuals and companies in Russia for interfering in the 2016 election -- now threatens to backfire in a court-ordered release of U.S. intelligence-gathering secrets.
That’s because a federal judge has to decide whether the Justice Department must turn over key evidence to one of the indicted Russian companies. And that could let the Russians learn how the U.S. government detected their activities in the first place.