The U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure Friday to require financial oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
The amendment, which passed 207-201, was introduced by North Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Meadows and would require the Government Accountability Office to perform a semi-annual audit of special counsels, The Hill reported. This comes after it was reported nearly a week before that the Special Counsel’s Office spent more than $4.5 million on the Russia investigation from October 2017 to March 2018, bringing the total spending to more than $7.7 million.
“A special counsel’s work is important, but they should not be able to spend taxpayer dollars without accountability. Americans need to know where their money is going,” Meadows said on Twitter. (RELATED: Mueller Team Has Spent More Than $7.7 Million On Russia Probe In A Year)
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I’ve introduced an amendment to require a semi-annual financial audit of special counsels by the GAO.
A special counsel’s work is important, but they should not be able to spend taxpayer dollars without accountability. Americans need to know where their money is going. pic.twitter.com/ZXEbFSPVMI
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) June 8, 2018
More than $2.7 million of Mueller’s latest expenses was spent on “personnel compensation and benefits.”
The measure will be part of a spending package that includes the first three spending bills of the 2019 fiscal year and will need support from the Senate.
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