A federal judge has consented to extending a grand jury so that Special Counsel Robert Mueller can continue to bring evidence and seek indictments in the Russia probe.
A grand jury was first impaneled in July of 2017 to consider evidence in the investigation. Mueller was given a broad mandate to investigate any collusion between the Trump campaign and Russians as well as related matters.
He has obtained eight convictions so far including three Trump aides: former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen, and former Campaign Chair Paul Manafort.
The 18-month extension was set to expire, and now will continue through the summer with a six-month extension.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained an extension for the federal grand jury hearing evidence in the Russia probe
The grand jury has been meeting in secret in Washington, D.C. per regulations for such investigations.
According to CNN, they last met December 21 for two hours.
The extension was confirmed by an aide to the judge overseeing it said on Friday who declined to be identified by name.
The extension is a sign that Mueller is not done presenting evidence before the grand jury in his investigation of U.S. allegations of Russian interference in the election and any possible coordination between Moscow and Trump's campaign.
It comes amid continued signals that longtime Trump informal advisor Roger Stone is under scrutiny. Stone himself has said he expects to be indicted.
Trump on Friday repeated his denial of any collusion
The move allows to present evidence and seek further indictments. He ultimately must file a report with the attorney general, in this case Trump-named Acting Attorney General Matt Whitake
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn arrives for his sentencing hearing for lying to the FBI at the US Federal Court in Washington, DC, USA, 18 December 2018. Flynn, who has cooperated with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe, pleaded guilty last year to lying about meetings with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak
Conservative political activist and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi. speaks outside the US Federal District Courthouse in Washington on January 3, 2019, after a hearing in his lawsuit against Russia collusion investigation chief Robert Mueller. Corsi, is suspected of having had advance knowledge that WikiLeaks would, in the summer of 2016, publish a trove of hacked Democratic emails that would prove damaging to Trump's presidential rival, Hillary Clinton
Chief U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Beryl A. Howell allowed the extension of the grand jury panel
The president brought up 'collusion' on Friday at a press conference when he got asked about a Democrat's profane call for his impeachment.
'You don't impeach people when they're doing a good job,' Trump said.
'And you don't impeach people when there was no collusion because there was no collusion,' he added.
The grand jury was impaneled by the U.S. District Court in Washington in July 2017 for an 18-month term, the limit under federal rules. The term can be extended if the court determines it to be in the public interest to do so.
'The Chief Judge has confirmed that the term of Grand Jury 17-01 has been extended,' Lisa Klem, special assistant to Chief Judge Beryl Howell said in a statement.
Howell did not confirm any length of the extension, Klem said.
A spokesman for Mueller declined to comment.
A number of Trump's allies, including his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, have repeatedly called on Mueller to wrap up his investigation.
Trump has repeatedly railed against the probe as a 'witch hunt.'
But after repeated calls for it to end by Trump and his associates, Democrats who took control of Congress Thursday have vowed not to let it be shut down.
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerold Nadler told CNN that he intends to make Mueller's final report public. Under regulations Mueller must submit his report in secret to the attorney general, but Nadler said he can use a subpoena to force its release.
Russia has denied meddling in the election, contrary to the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies that have said Moscow used hacking and propaganda to try to sow discord in the United States and boost Republican Trump's chances against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Mueller's investigation and other inquiries have clouded Trump's two years in office. Mueller has secured more than 30 indictments and guilty pleas and has spawned at least four federal probes.
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A grand jury was first impaneled in July of 2017 to consider evidence in the investigation. Mueller was given a broad mandate to...
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