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Grand Jury Seated For Investigation Into Russia's Involvement In US Election

DETROIT (WWJ) - A Grand Jury has now been seated in the investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Former Federal Prosecutor and Wayne State law professor Peter Henning says this was to be expected.

"As the investigation develops -- the Special Counsel, Mr. Mueller, needs the authority to get certain records, for example; financial records, telecommunications records, phone records, things like that -- and the only way to do that is with a Grand Jury subpoena - so it's not a surprise," says Henning.

"I would say, 'I doubt it' just because we don't know for sure exactly what Mueller is looking at, but it is a possibility that if there are, for example, transactions that need to be explained and Mr. Trumps fingerprints are on that, so to speak, he was a recipient of funds or directed transactions - then that's a possibility - that's still a ways down the road though."

Henning says it's possible that President Trump could be asked to testify before the Grand Jury, but at this point, he doubts it.

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