A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate Trump's connections with Russia

The US Ministry of Justice decided to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the relations of the presidential administration Donald Trump with Russia, as well as the possible intervention of the Russian Federation in the election campaign. Washington Post reports that this mission was assigned to the ex-head of the FBI Robert Muller. On the eve of the Congress, they called for Trump to impeachment in connection with the public shocking the public by the resignation of James Komi from the post of director of the FBI.

The statement by the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Rosenstein, regarding the appointment of Muller, the special prosecutor says: “Based on unique circumstances, the interests of the society requires me to put an investigation under the leadership of a person who will be independent of the usual leadership (Ministry of Justice). A special adviser is necessary for the Americans to be confident (investigation).” (Quote for RIA "Novosti" .)

At the same time, Rosenstein emphasizes that the appointment does not mean that the crime was committed, and the Ministry of Justice is confident in the prosecution. This is done to ensure the objectivity of the investigation. Rosenstein also indicated that Muller is resigned from the post of head of his law firm for this investigation in order to prevent a conflict of interests.

Müller in a brief statement after his appointment promised to perform duties "to the full extent of his capabilities."

Earlier, the investigation of the "intervention of the Russian Federation" led the FBI, the director of which James Komi was fired by President Donald Trump last week. The White House explained this to the role of Komi in the investigation of accusations against Hillary Clinton. However, the public, and primarily the Democrats, considered that dismissal is associated with his attempts to activate the investigation in Russia.

The head of the Committee of the House of Representatives for Supervision and State Reform, Republican Jason Chaifitz called the appointment of Müller to the post of special hostel "good choice." “Impeccable characteristics. It should be well accepted,” the congressman wrote on his microblog on Twitter.

The US intelligence services believe that Russian hackers attacked the servers of the National Committee of the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton. After that, the correspondence of its supporters was published by WikiLeaks, publications about this were on the air and the first lanes of the national media. According to investigators, this helped Donald Trump win the election.

Trump himself denies that this somehow influenced the choice of Americans, and also doubts the involvement of Russia, while calling to speed up the investigation.

The Kremlin repeatedly refuted Russia's involvement in the hacking of the servers of the Democratic Party.

The investigation first will be engaged in Flynn and Manafort

In his investigation, Robert Müller will first of all concentrate on the ex-assistant assistance of the President of National Security Michael Flynne and the former head of the Donald Trump election headquarters to the businessman Manaforte Field, say NBC sources.

According to the television company, now the FBI, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, CIA and other departments, is studying the data on possible ties, money transfers and business contacts of the former and current representatives of Trump’s environment with Russians.

On February 13, 2017, due to accusations of contacts with Moscow, the US presidential assistant Michael Flynn resigned. He was suspected of discussing the issue of lifting anti -Russian sanctions with the Russian ambassador to Washington Sergei Kislyak during a meeting in December 2016.

Manafort resigned from the post of head of Trump's headquarters in August 2016 after accusations of lobbying for the interests of ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.