Robert Mueller’s Russia probe will be over by Christmas predicts White House lawyer dealing with it

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The White House lawyer brought in to deal with special counsel Robert Mueller´s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election said he believed the focus of the probe was ‘narrow’ and the aspects related to President Donald Trump should be completed before the end of the year.

The lawyer, Ty Cobb, who joined the White House staff on July 31, made the comments in interviews with Reuters on Tuesday and Wednesday.

He declined to provide specifics backing his outlook, which contradicts media reports that the scope of Mueller´s probe is expanding and the views of several outside experts that the investigation is likely to continue well into 2018.

‘I’d like to see the president out from under this by Thanksgiving, but certainly by year end,’ Cobb said, adding that he would be ’embarrassed’ otherwise. ‘I think the relevant areas of inquiry by the special counsel are narrow.’

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