Mueller probe has Cost Taxpayers more than $25 million, Spending report Reveals
Taxpayers have spent more than $25 million on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, according to the latest spending report released Friday.
Between April 1 and Sept. 30 of this year, the special counsel has spent
$4.56 million on the investigation.
“The Department will continue to dedicate and leverage resources to maintain strong program and financial management controls,” the report stated. “Management takes its program and financial accountability seriously and is dedicated to ensuring that funds are used in a responsible and transparent manner.”
Of the $4.56 million, $2.9 million went to “Personnel Compensation and Benefits” - $1 million of that went to special counsel employees’ salaries and benefits, and $1.9 million was “reimbursable” for Justice Department employees on detail with the special counsel’s office.
The special counsel’s office spent $942,787 on “Rent, Communications, and Utilities,” nearly $60,000 on printing, supplies, and materials; and Mueller’s team spent $580,098 on transportation and travel, with the majority of those funds going to “temporary duty relocation of DOJ employees detailed” to the special counsel’s office.
Mueller probe has cost taxpayers more than $25 million, spending report reveals
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