Special Counsel Robert’s Mueller’s investigation of Russia’s efforts to meddle in the 2016 election now includes inquiries into a controversial, unverified opposition research dossier on President Trump compiled by a former British intelligence officer, according to a Reuters report.
Reuters reported Wednesday that Mueller’s team of investigators has assumed control of multiple inquiries into allegations that the Kremlin sought to interfere in the election to sway it in President Trump’s favor.
The U.S. intelligence community said in a report made public in January that they took the allegations made in the dossier seriously. It identifies several Russian businessmen and others whom the intelligence community believes are Russian operatives.
Trump was made aware of the dossier weeks before taking office when former FBI Director James Comey briefed him on the matter. The president has denied allegations of collusion between his campaign and Moscow, and has called Mueller’s investigation “a witch hunt.”
The Russian government has also denied that it meddled in the election.
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Mueller including controversial Trump-Russia dossier in Russia probe: report https://t.co/Me9QRIyLs1 pic.twitter.com/bWBXuzQeLr
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