Mueller investigated whether Russians utilized chess to construct a connection to Trump

A redacted form of Mueller’s report was launched Thursday.

Of the many topics unique counsel Robert Mueller place before President Donald Trump during their sweeping 22-month research of Russian interference when you look at the 2016 election, chess ended up being possibly the most astonishing.

But buried one of the many revelations found in Mueller’s report that is 448-page released on Thursday with restricted redactions by Attorney General William Barr, had been the truth that Trump disclosed to investigators that sanctioned Russian powerbroker Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, then your president for the World Chess Federation (FIDE), invited the Trump Organization to host the 2016 World Chess Championship at Trump Tower. (more…)