Prosecutors who worked with former special counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation focused on Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin are expected to publish a book in the fall, according to a press release from Thursday.
“This is the inside story of the most intense investigation of the Trump presidency, told for the first time,” according to the statement about the book “Interference: The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation”, from Simon & Schuster.
According to the release, the book will be published on September 24, just a few weeks before the 2024 presidential election on November 5.
“The book was written by the team that led the investigation with Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III: Aaron Zebley, James Quarles, and Andrew Goldstein, with an introduction by Mueller,” the statement continued. “It completes and corrects the historical record of the only federal criminal investigation of President Trump while he was in office. The book has special relevance today, as the Supreme Court has dramatically limited the conduct of a president who can be prosecuted – or even investigated and brought to light.”
Mueller’s investigation lasted 22 months, beginning in late 2017 and ending in mid-2019. He did not establish that former President Trump or those on his campaign conspired with Moscow to influence the election eight years ago; however, Mueller and his team declined to make a finding on whether Trump obstructed justice.
“The authors’ account is a real-life thriller, putting the reader inside the room for the most important and difficult decisions of the special prosecutor’s tumultuous two years. Less than four months into the Trump presidency, former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III was tapped by the Department of Justice to serve as special counsel,” the statement reads.
“Mueller’s main task: to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election – an operation aimed at making Donald Trump president – and any links this operation may have had to the Trump campaign,” the statement continues. “Mueller’s other task: determining whether the president himself interfered in the investigation of Russia’s actions.”
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