First charges against former Trump aides reveal an aggressive strategy by Mueller
By Joseph Tanfani and David Willman, Tribune Washington Bureau -- Tribune News Service
WASHINGTON - The first criminal charges filed in the investigation of President Donald Trump's campaign aides and Russia's meddling in the 2016 election come straight from a well-thumbed playbook of white-collar crime prosecutions - reward defendants who cooperate, drop the hammer on those who won't, and scare others into talking.
The harsh indictments of Trump's former campaign manager and his deputy - and news that a third former campaign aide has been secretly cooperating with investigators since July - are a clear sign that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has adopted a bare-knuckle strategy and that more indictments are almost certain, according to former prosecutors.
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