Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, has submitted a proposed budget to the Justice Department. The department declined to make it public Friday, but a special counsel spokesman said officials would release expenditure reports later. [As Mueller builds his Russia special-counsel team, every hire is under scrutiny]A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment. Seven special counsel team members have donated to Democratic campaigns — five of those to Hillary Clinton’s — and their giving totals nearly $53,000, according to Federal Election Commission records. The regulation under which Mueller was appointed does not specifically detail how the special counsel must disclose expenses to the public.

Source: Washington Post July 07, 2017 22:50 UTC