Former special counsel Robert Mueller has safeguarded his investigation into ties in between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 governmental project.
Bottom line:
- Mr Trump travelled Stone’s sentence on Friday, simply days prior to he was because of report to prison
- Mr Trump claimed Stone “was targeted by a prohibited witch hunt”
- Mr Mueller stated he felt obliged to respond to claims that Stone was “a victim”
In an opinion piece for the Washington Post, Mr Mueller said his probe was of “critical significance” which Donald Trump ally Roger Stone “remains a founded guilty felon, and appropriately so” despite the President’s choice to commute his prison sentence
The piece, released on Saturday, significant Mr Mueller’s first public declaration on his investigation given that his congressional appearance last July.
It represented his firmest defence of the two-year probe, the results of which have actually come under attack and even been partially reversed by the Trump administration, including in the President’s extraordinary move on Friday night to commute the sentence of Stone just days before he was because of report to