Mueller’s Russian Troll Case Returns to Bite Him as One Defendant Shows up for Trial

Special counsel Robert Mueller (L) arrives at the U.S. Capitol for closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on June 21, 2017. Alex Wong/Getty Images

After Special Counsel Robert Mueller, with great fanfare, announced charges against a Russian troll farm messing with the 2016 presidential election, the case has now come back to give him a headache: one of the defendants is actually willing to stand trial.

Mueller was appointed to investigate the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the election, including any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and the campaign of then-candidate Donald Trump.