Mueller's Russia probe designed to live on post-Mueller
March 5 - Criminal inquiries into the Trump campaign's links to Russia and other issues will carry on no matter what happens with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, as other prosecutors continue cases that began with him but now have a life of their own.
"I think Mueller has planned for his own obsolescence," said Andrew Herman, a Washington-based lawyer who has been closely following the special counsel's 22-month-old investigation. Cohen was sentenced last December to three years in prison for crimes including campaign finance violations over hush payments before the 2016 election to women who said they had sex with Trump.
Cohen told Congress in testimony last week that he was cooperating with Manhattan federal prosecutors on several ongoing probes and flagged other potential illegal activity by Trump. The involvement of prosecutors from the Washington, D.C., U.S. attorney's office and the National Security Division means those three cases -- all central to the issue of Russian interference -- can continue after Mueller hands his report to the attorney general, a move expected any time that will mark the end of his work.Trump says the Mueller probe into whether his campaign colluded with Russia to win the election is a politically-charged"witch hunt.
Robert Ray, who succeeded Starr as independent counsel in 1999, said that he saw the joint prosecutions as a way for Mueller to return matters needing further inquiry to the Justice Department and a sign that he is closing up shop.
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