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

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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.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

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.