WASHINGTON — Russia special counsel Robert Mueller is using at least two grand juries — in Virginia and Washington, D.C. — to advance a wide-ranging federal inquiry into possible coordination between President Trump’s campaign and Moscow, a lawyer involved in the case said Friday.
As he investigates Russia’s interference in the presidential election, Mueller may continue to use multiple panels or eventually consolidate those efforts in Washington, where the special counsel’s team has only begun to use a grand jury in recent weeks.
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By tapping a grand jury in Washington, former federal prosecutor Patrick Cotter said, “it appears that Mueller is working where the evidence leads him.”
While Trump has denounced the Russia investigation as a “witch hunt,” the use of these grand juries is a clear sign that Mueller’s probe is intensifying and could go on for months or years.
The move would give Mueller, a former FBI director, broad authority to subpoena documents and compel witnesses to testify under oath.
Shortly after Mueller was appointed as special counsel, the former FBI director took control of an existing federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., that had been examining Flynn’s prior lobbying business involving Turkey.
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Mueller is using two grand juries to advance Russia investigation https://t.co/7eHx2ck3FU
— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) August 4, 2017
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