"It's a big FU from Mueller"

President Donald Trump has accused special counsel Robert Mueller for months of running a politically driven “witch hunt” against him.

The lead Russia investigator has now given the president and his allies fresh ammunition for that claim.

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On Friday, Mueller rolled out new grand jury indictments against 12 Russian military officials for their role two years ago in allegedly trying to subvert American politics — just three days before Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, exposing the former FBI director to charges of playing politics with international diplomacy.

“It’s a big FU from Mueller,” a White House official said in an interview, speculating that it “wasn’t an accident” that the public rollout landed right before the Putin summit.

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