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Mueller asks FBI to probe smear campaign against him
Updated On: 01 November, 2018 10:00 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
The statement didn't specify what the claims were, but the referral to FBI suggests that Mueller's office believed there was a potential crime for federal law enforcement to investigate
Robert Mueller. Pic/AFP
Robert Mueller's office has referred to the FBI allegations that women were "offered money to make false claims" about the special counsel, according to Mueller's spokesman. In a statement, spokesman Peter Carr says that once the office learned of the allegations, it immediately referred the matter to the FBI for investigation.
The statement didn't specify what the claims were, but the referral to FBI suggests that Mueller's office believed there was a potential crime for federal law enforcement to investigate.
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