Criminal charges APPROVED in landmark investigation into alleged collusion between Donald Trump campaign and Russia

Criminal charges have been approved by investigators
looking into possible collusion between Donald
Trump's campaign team and Russia.
Bombshell reports that the people close to the
President will face charges were greeted with delight
by his critics in the US last night.
A team led by Robert Mueller, a special prosecutor,
has been investigating Russian meddling in the 2016
election.
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US intelligence agencies have stated categorically
that Russia interfered with actions designed to help
defeat Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton .
Hackers launched a campaign of releasing
embarrassing emails, and disseminating propaganda
via social media to discredit her.
Mrs Clinton also accused Trump of being a "puppet"
of Russian President Vladimir Putin during the
campaign.
Mueller was tasked with investigating whether Trump
campaign officials colluded with those Russian
efforts.
And last night a federal grand jury in Washington DC
approved the first charges, according to CNN.
A grand jury is made up of American citizens who
here evidence from prosecutors and decide whether
criminal charges should be brought.
It remains unclear who the charges relate to, and
what kind of accusations they face.
Mr Mueller is also examining other possible crimes,
including obstruction of justice, money-laundering and
tax evasion.
Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, declined to
comment about the CNN report on Friday.
Trump has denied allegations that his campaign
colluded with Russians and condemned investigations
into the matter as a witch hunt.
The Kremlin has also denied the allegations.
Mueller was appointed by the Justice Department in
May to lead the investigation after Trump fired FBI
Director James Comey, who was leading a federal
investigation into possible collusion with Russia.
In July, FBI agents raided the Virginia home of
Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort,
whose financial and real estate dealings and prior
work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine are
being investigated by Mueller's team.

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