How a Grand Jury Fits in the Trump-Russia Probe
Why Robert Mueller Is the Perfect Man for the Job
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The news that special counsel Robert Mueller, the one-time FBI director appointed to investigate suspected Russian tampering in the 2016 presidential election and possible ties to Donald Trump’s campaign, is working with a federal grand jury in Washington suggests that the scope of the probe has been broadened. Another federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, had earlier begun investigating the activities of retired U.S. Army General Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s first national security adviser. Flynn, whose company Flynn Intel Group was based in Alexandria, resigned after just three weeks after failing to disclose contacts with then-Russian ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak.