Trump Administration Is Actively Trying To Weaken Special Counsel’s Investigation: Report
New report adds more evidence to obstruction of justice case against Trump.
The Trump administration is attempting to weaken the special counsel’s investigation into the Trump-Russia probe.
According to a report by Reuters, the Trump White House is looking into a federal ethics rule that bars recently hired government employees from investigating their law firm’s clients for two year after leaving the practice.
“Within hours of Mueller’s appointment on Wednesday, the White House began reviewing the Code of Federal Regulations, which restricts newly hired government lawyers from investigating their prior law firm’s clients for one year after their hiring, the sources said,” Reuters noted in the report.
On Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve as special counsel for the Trump-Russia probe.
However Mueller’s former law firm Wilmerhale also represents Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort. And according to the Reuters report, that could significantly stymie Mueller’s ability to conduct a sweeping investigation of Trump and his associates.
Experts note that the Justice Department can waive the wait period for Mueller.
Donald Trump called Mueller’s appointment as special counsel a “witch hunt.”
It was reported Friday that a senior White House adviser close to the president has been implicated in the investigation.
