CNN legal analyst: Charges filed in Mueller probe means it will last 'well into 2018'

[DonViejo]

BY BRANDON CARTER - 10/28/17 08:12 AM EDT

CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Friday that news of the first charges reportedly being filed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference means the probe will last “well into 2018.”

“If anybody thinks the Mueller investigation is going to be wrapping up in the next couple of months, this decision today pretty much guarantees the Mueller office will be up and running well into 2018,” Toobin said on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.”

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Toobin called the news “a major landmark in the course of this investigation” and said the indictments will likely be aimed at garnering cooperation in the probe.

“In white-collar investigations, usually the first indictments are against individuals that you hope will plead guilty and cooperate against others,” Toobin said. “You don’t indict the big fish first, you indict smaller fish in hopes of getting the big fish.”

Mueller's investigation is also looking into alleged collusion between President Trump's campaign and the Kremlin.

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[Javaman]

1. I hope so

I don't want the big guys now, I want the small fish. This turns up the heat on the big ones.

I fear that the orange menace will flip out and fire mueller and his team instead