Robert Mueller's grand jury is still 'continuing robustly,' prosecutor says

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last updated 28 March 2019

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is officially over, but there are still several loose ends. One of them involves an unidentified company owned by an unnamed foreign government that Mueller's grand jury subpoenaed in July 2018 for unspecified documents. On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from the company in its fight to avoid turning over the subpoenaed information. The corporation has been racking up fines of $50,000 a day since Jan. 15 for not complying with the subpoena.

In court on Wednesday, David Goodhand, the federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., now handling the case, said the grand jury impaneled by Mueller "is continuing robustly." Goodhand was fighting a request from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for access to court filings in the mysterious case and information on the company involved. Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said she will approve a "huge chunk" of the Reporters Committee's request but gave prosecutors time to redact the documents.

Howell also said she would consider releasing the names of the company and the country that owns it, but she declined to do so now because the case is ongoing. Mueller handed off several investigations to other federal prosecutors, and the U.S. attorney's office in Washington took charge of the mystery corporation case along with the criminal prosecution of Roger Stone. "It's not entirely clear what else a grand jury, whose dealings are generally secret under law, may be considering," The Associated Press said, though once the grand jury is discharged, all related contempt fines stop accruing and subpoenas expire.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.