WSJ: Special Counsel Mueller impanels Grand Jury in Russia Investigation.

[Baz Ares]

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections, a sign that his inquiry is growing in intensity and entering a new phase, according to people familiar with the matter.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Impanels Washington Grand Jury in Russia Probe


Get yours ...

 

[theHawk]

“This doesn’t mean he is going to bring charges,” Mr. Zeno cautioned. “But it shows he is very serious. He wouldn’t do this if it were winding down.”

Awe, he wants to look serious.

 

[Lakhota]

Breaking News on CNN and MSNBC.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury as part of his investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia in last year’s election, sources tell the Wall Street Journal.

Read the full Wall Street Journal story here.

More: Special Counsel Robert Mueller Reportedly Assembles Grand Jury, Ramping Up Russia Probe

Good news! Mueller is moving forward.

 

[theHawk]

Poor Mueller still fishing...

 

[depotoo]

This was first reported in June.

 

[Si modo]

There's already a thread on this.

 

[Reasonable]

Federal investigators exploring whether Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian spies have seized on Trump and his associates' financial ties to Russia as one of the most fertile avenues for moving their probe forward, according to people familiar with the investigation.
The web of financial ties could offer a more concrete path toward potential prosecution than the broader and murkier questions of collusion in the 2016 campaign, these sources said.
One year after the FBI opened an investigation, the probe is now managed by special counsel Robert Mueller. Sources described an investigation that has widened to focus on possible financial crimes, some unconnected to the 2016 elections, alongside the ongoing scrutiny of possible illegal coordination with Russian spy agencies and alleged attempts by President Donald Trump and others to obstruct the FBI investigation. Even investigative leads that have nothing to do with Russia but involve Trump associates are being referred to the special counsel to encourage subjects of the investigation to cooperate, according to two law enforcement sources.

One year into the FBI's Russia investigation, Mueller is on the Trump money trail - CNNPolitics.com

 

[Reasonable]

The increased financial focus hasn't gone unnoticed by Trump, who warned Mueller, via an interview with The New York Times, that his financial dealings were a red line that investigators shouldn't cross. But the order establishing the special counsel makes clear Mueller is authorized to investigate any matters that "arose or may arise directly from the investigation."

So.... tough shit Comrade Trump. You have no say.

 

[Lakhota]

There's already a thread on this.

I did a search and didn't see one on the Politics forum.

 

[Baz Ares]

This was first reported in June.

This is a new one in DC!

 

[paperview]

"The 2nd grand jury suggests there is a long-term, large-scale series of prosecutions being contemplated & pursued."

 

[Si modo]

There's already a thread on this.

I did a search and didn't see one on the Politics forum.

Color me surprised at your incompetence:

WSJ: Special Counsel Mueller impanels Grand Jury in Russia Investigation.

 

[paperview]

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

More: Special Counsel Robert Mueller Reportedly Assembles Grand Jury, Ramping Up Russia Probe

Good news! Mueller is moving forward.

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[OldLady]

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections, a sign that his inquiry is growing in intensity and entering a new phase, according to people familiar with the matter.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Impanels Washington Grand Jury in Russia Probe


Get yours ...

Don't be holding your breath. It will be months.

 

[Lakhota]

The Wall Street Journal states the following:

"a sign that his inquiry is growing in intensity and entering a new phase, according to people familiar with the matter."

 

[Reasonable]

Once Mueller finds all the dirty and most likely illegal dealings of Trump's its curtains for him.

I'd bet anything he's laundering money thru Russia..

 

[OldLady]

The increased financial focus hasn't gone unnoticed by Trump, who warned Mueller, via an interview with The New York Times, that his financial dealings were a red line that investigators shouldn't cross. But the order establishing the special counsel makes clear Mueller is authorized to investigate any matters that "arose or may arise directly from the investigation."

So.... tough shit Comrade Trump. You have no say.

Don't you think that's why Trump wants to fire him? I wouldn't be so confident that this will be a cakewalk for the investigation.

 

[depotoo]

Nothing I can find elsewhere mentions a second grand jury

Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe heats up
Mueller impanels grand jury to investigate Russian election meddling: Report
Mueller Is Said to Impanel Grand Jury in Russia Probe: WSJ

 

[OldLady]

Once Mueller finds all the dirty and most likely illegal dealings of Trump's its curtains for him.

I'd bet anything he's laundering money thru Russia..

If he's done anything, that's most likely it. Just because so much Russian money laundering happens with Manhattan real estate. Been going on for years.
I don't know how anyone proves the seller knows what's happening, though.
I obviously don't know much about it, but buying real estate to "clean" up ill gotten gains doesn't necessarily mean the person you bought it from knows where your money came from, does it? Most of the transactions are shell companies, so a lot of the actual parties involved are secret.