Russian probe has more legs than a centipede

Robert Mueller’s investigation of whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russian meddling in the US election continues to gather strength and force

Donald Trump and Melania Trump arriving in Texas on Tuesday Pic: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty

If it weren’t for this ‘Russian thing’, as US president Donald Trump calls it, the embattled US president could be looking forward to a fresh start in a White House where, following some fairly brutal culling by the new Chief of Staff John Kelly, something resembling an orderly chain of command has been imposed.

But alas for Trump, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russian meddling in ...