Special Counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his Russia investigation to include Tony Podesta, a powerful Democratic lobbyist and the brother of Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, John Podesta.
Per a report from NBC News, the probe of Podesta and his lobbying firm, The Podesta Group, grew out of Mueller’s inquiry into the finances of Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Manafort had organized a public relations campaign for a non-profit called the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU), which promoted Ukraine’s image in the West. Podesta’s company was one of the firms that worked on the campaign, which was reportedly backed by a pro-Russia party and NBC’s sources say Mueller is pursuing a criminal inquiry into whether the firm violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Under FARA, people who lobby on behalf of foreign governments must register through the Justice Department as a foreign agent and disclose all their work. The Podesta Group didn’t amend its FARA registration to accurately reflect its work with ECMU until after the payments were reported by the media.
However, in a statement Monday, a spokesman for The Podesta Group said the firm fully complied with FARA. “The Podesta Group fully disclosed its representation of the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECFMU), and complied with FARA by filing under the lobbying disclosure act over five years ago and within weeks of starting our work. Any insinuation to the contrary is false,” the statement said. “The Podesta Group has fully cooperated with the Special Counsel’s office and taken every possible step to provide documentation that confirms compliance with the law.”
Mueller’s office declined to comment on whether he’s investigating Podesta and his firm. However, this new development proves that the Mueller probe may be expanding and evolving from the Trump/conservative witch hunt that it once was. As James Trusty, a former high-ranking DOJ official, told Fox News, “You’ll find there are prosecutions no one would have anticipated at the start, or corruption from a different party than were initially looked at.”
It’s about time someone looked into Democratic Russian collusion.
What do you think about this new development in Mueller’s Russia probe? Share your thoughts and comments below!
The corrupt career criminal investigating the corrupt pedophile – priceless!
How can Mueller investigate something he was up to his eyeballs in?? He is as dirty as Comey, Clinton, Holder, and the lot of them. .http;//www.dickmorris.com/investigate-mueller-comey-holder-rosenstein-uranium-deal-gang-4-lunch-alert/?utm_source=dmreports&utm_medium=dmreports&utm_campaign=dmreports
Next, looking into Shrillary’s Clinton Foundation / Uranium One dealings???? Pay to play??
I’m sure he will attack this investigation with as much if not more exuberance as he has been investigating Trump collusion! Something he has been doing for a year now with no result! Probably because there is none and ‘COLLUSION WITCH HUNT’ is not a crime! However his job with the ‘Uranium One deal’ should be a lot easier since the evidence has already been found and made public!
DRAIN THE SWAMP!! DRAIN THE SWAMP!! DRAIN THE SWAMP!!!
So now we’re in agreement Trump and Russia clouded.?
Meuller, Comey, Holder, Rosenstein, Podesta, hitlery Abedeen, Susan Rice, Loretta Lynch,Bill Clinton, Sam Power and finally hussein obama SHOULD and MUST ALL be investgated. Thats the REAL and TRUE RUssian COLLUSION!!!
Here’s the real guy getting pissed on in Russia…a pisser to anyone really looking close…
GOOD ! BRAVO ! It’s about time !
Nothing will come of it so don;t get too excited. Mueller is as corrupt as they come & he’s not going to really investigate that pedophile Podesta.
Total BS! So Mueller is leaking out things that might make his total investigation more politically appropriate and correct? He’ll never look at the Dems, Hillary, or anyone associated with them and Obongo.
And y should they? All the evidence points to Trump. Surprise, the Right is trying to divert r attention from Trump on to the left because they think we r stupid?
So Mueller is going to end up investigating himself? Give me a break! Let some else do it. Someone like Try Gowdy.
Agree Mickey!!!
Try Gowdy. Now there’s a piece of work. I wonder when he will go after Trump for the bungle in Nigar? Where 4 were killed needlessly. Trump hid for 12 days working how to spin it.
You don’t know that!
The criminals investigating the Criminals. This is a sad Joke. Is there no FBI left that is not tainted by 8 years of the Gay Muslim Communist with Fake Papers???
THIS SPECIAL COUNCIL with mueller is the most conflicted and corrupt i have witnessed, including watergate. geeeez. the crooks are investigating the crooks. isnt anyone in dc in charge and honest any more. sessions needs to go. he wont even remove the nda for the only witness on the unranium deal that stinks to high heaven with corruption and treason
“Robert Mueller Investigating Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta”
Democrats, not to worry! Mueller has hired ex-FBI director Comely to draft an exoneration letter clearing the Democrats of any collusion, etc. regardless of whatever evidence is found.
the rix is in is what you are saying dave
Good one Dave! Lol.