Article snippet: The White House said today that it was unaware of a grand jury being impaneled in the Russia investigation, but pledged cooperation in the probe. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of the grand jury. ABC News later confirmed the panel's existence with a source familiar with the matter. Ty Cobb, the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, according to a statement released by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. "Grand jury matters are typically secret," Cobb said in a statement. "The White House favors anything that accelerates the conclusion of his work fairly ... The White House is committed to fully cooperating with Mr. Mueller," he added. The source reached by ABC News said the grand jury began weeks ago in Washington, D.C., separate from an additional grand jury underway in Alexandria, Virginia as part of the special counsel's inquiry into former national security adviser Michael Flynn's actions. The panel permits Mueller's team to subpoena materials, question witnesses under oath and potentially issue formal charges. A spokesman for the special counsel's office declined to comment for this story. In an appearance on Fox News Thursday afternoon after the report of the grand jury became public, Trump attorney Rod Rosenstein, the acting attorney general in matters related to the election, Sekulow denied it was a consideration. "The president is not thinking about firing Bob Mueller," he said. Any attempt by Trump to coerce M... Link to the full article to read more