Article snippet: MORE delivers his final report — especially given that investigations by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), among others, are pressing in on him. Legal experts who spoke to The Hill stressed the importance of the New York investigation in particular, which encompasses scrutiny of everything from apparent hush money payments to women to the funding of the president’s 2017 inauguration. “Trump is not out of the woods and I think the SDNY proceedings are the most dangerous for both him and for members of his immediate family,” said Mark Zaid, a D.C.-based attorney who has represented clients from both major parties. “There is still a lot to be concerned about.” While it is widely expected that Mueller’s probe is drawing to a close, a Department of Justice official on Friday pushed back on earlier reports that the special counsel’s final report was only days away. The report will not be delivered in the next week, the official told The Hill. Rep. MORE (D-Calif.) in a brief interview with The Hill warned that Mueller should not finish his probe because of outside political pressure. “Is it done because he says it’s done or because of pressure from the attorney general or the White House?” he asked. Mueller and his team have played their cards close to their chest, which means that — for all the column inches and airtime devoted to his work — no one has any firm idea of how he might summarize his findings. Some politically catastrophic outcome fo... Link to the full article to read more
The Memo: Mueller report won’t end Trump’s legal woes | TheHill
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