Mueller is swiftly closing up shop
The docket sheet hanging outside a federal courtroom on Wednesday morning still listed Robert Mueller’s prosecutors. But they were nowhere to be found at the hearing.In a matter of days the special counsel has downshifted from investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election to the managerial tasks involved in packing up papers, disbanding staff and handing off cases.
The memo left lawmakers clamoring for more information about exactly what Mueller did — and didn’t — find during his two-year-long probe. But Mueller and his team won’t be sticking around to answer those questions. While Mueller was in his D.C.
In their stead, the deputy attorney general’s office “in consultation” with Barr’s team — Mueller’s bosses during his tenure — will handle any remaining responsibilities, including briefing Justice Department colleagues and members of Congress, according to Peter Carr, a special counsel spokesman.
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