{"id":82923,"date":"2017-09-03T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T16:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=82923"},"modified":"2017-09-03T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T16:04:06","slug":"desantis-amendment-would-halt-mueller-probe-after-180-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=82923","title":{"rendered":"Will the House defund Mueller’s investigation?\/"},"content":{"rendered":"

DeSantis Amendment Would Halt Mueller Probe After 180 Days<\/h1>\n

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller (Getty Images)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

By Greg Richter | \u00a0NEWSMAX<\/p>\n

Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida has introduced an\u00a0amendment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to a spending package to limit Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.<\/p>\n

The amendment, reported on by\u00a0The Hill on Monday,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0says that no money made available by the act could be used to fund Mueller’s probe any later than 180 days after its enactment. The amendment also would apply to any “matters occurring before June 2015,” which is when President Donald Trump first announced his candidacy.<\/p>\n

Mueller was appointed special counsel in May by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to look into Russia’s attempts to influence the U.S. presidential election and to see whether any members of Trump’s team had improper contacts with Russian officials.<\/p>\n

Mueller was appointed after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the probe.<\/p>\n

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