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Mueller special counsel inquiry

Robert Mueller's special counsel inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 US election

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Jan 28, 2026
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Russia gate

refers broadly to investigations and reporting about efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and the ensuing inquiries into contacts between that interference and the . Official probes ...

Jan 31, 2026
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What criminal investigations, if any, have been opened into allegations against Donald Trump and what were their outcomes?

Multiple criminal investigations and prosecutions have been opened into : across 2023 he was the subject of four major criminal cases (two federal and two state), one of which produced a historic conv...

Jan 28, 2026
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Did Obama create a Russian hoax to stop Trump from being president

The direct answer: there is no credible, corroborated evidence in the public record that “created a n hoax” to stop from becoming president; multiple official inquiries and mainstream reporting have f...

Feb 4, 2026

What criminal charges and referrals resulted from Mueller’s investigation and what became of them?

Robert produced a complex mosaic of criminal actions, prosecutions and referrals: publicly it led to dozens of charges against individuals and entities—ranging from a 2018 indictment of 12 intelligenc...

Feb 3, 2026

What official investigations or declassified documents address contacts between the Trump family and Russian officials?

The primary official probes that examined were the ’s and ’s inquiry, which culminated in a public report and related indictments and documents; parts of the FBI’s files were later at the direction of...

Feb 1, 2026

Which specific Steele dossier allegations did later public documents or indictments corroborate, if any?

Public records and later indictments corroborated fragments of the dossier—principally that ran cyber-operations in 2016 and that some figures had contacts with Russian-linked actors—but they did not ...