Five Things to Watch as Robert Mueller Makes His First Big Move
Five Things to Watch as Robert Mueller Makes His First Big Move
The special counsel may be charging someone close to Trump in order to “flip” that person.
BARBARA MCQUADE 10.28.17 7:06 PM ET
Five observations about the first indictment reportedly returned by the grand jury empaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate links between the Trump campaign and Russian interference with the 2016 election:
First, an indictment means that a grand jury has found that probable cause exists to believe that a crime has been committed by a particular defendant or defendants.
Second, this is likely only the first of several indictments.
Third, the defendant or defendants charged in this indictment are likely to be those that the Mueller team will try to “flip.” Flipping witnesses, a common tactic that prosecutors use, means persuading lower-level defendants to cooperate as witnesses against more culpable defendants in exchange a recommendation of leniency.
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