washington federal grand jury friday approve first charge investigation allege russian meddle 2016 u.s. presidential election source brief matter tell reuters indictment seal order federal judge clear charge target source say add could unseal early monday file charge grand jury washington first report friday cnn say target could take custody soon monday u.s. intelligence agencies conclude january russia interfere election try help president donald trump defeat democratic candidate hillary clinton campaign hack release embarrass email disseminate propaganda via social media discredit campaign special counsel robert mueller former director federal bureau investigation investigate whether trump campaign officials collude russian efforts special counsel find necessary appropriate special counsel authorize prosecute federal crimes arise investigation matter deputy attorney general rod rosenstein say may 17 letter appoint mueller source familiar mueller investigation say use broad authority investigate link trump aid foreign governments well possible money launder tax evasion financial crimes peter carr spokesman mueller decline comment friday trump republican elect president last november deny allegations campaign collude russians condemn investigations matter witch hunt kremlin deny allegations mueller investigation also include effort determine whether trump aid try obstruct justice special counsel team conduct interview former white house chief staff reince priebus former spokesman sean spic current former white house officials july fbi agents raid home virginia trump former campaign manager paul manafort whose financial real estate deal prior work pro-russian political party ukraine investigate mueller team mueller appoint lead investigation week trump fire fbi director jam comey head federal probe possible collusion russia trump initially say fire comey leadership fbi inadequate hurt morale late interview nbc cite russia thing reason russia investigation cast shadow trump nine-month-old presidency widen partisan rift republicans democrats republican lawmakers early week launch investigations examine several trump longstanding political grievances include fbi probe hillary clinton email allege role sale u.s. uranium russian firm mueller team also investigate michael flynn adviser trump campaign late briefly serve national security adviser flynn fire post february mislead vice president mike pence extent conversations russian ambassador sergei kislyak last year trump campaign team flynn also 600,000 contract turkish businessman help discredit u.s.-based turkish cleric fethullah gulen accuse turkey government instigate fail coup july 2016. former cia director jam woolsey also adviser trump campaign allege flynn discuss businessman two turkish government minister idea covertly spirit gulen unite state face charge turkey jonathan frank spokesman woolsey say friday woolsey wife communication fbi mueller team claim woolsey wife nancye miller respond every request whether fbi recently office special counsel frank say statement flynn previously deny spokesperson plan ever discuss reuters report thursday woolsey wife last year pitch 10 million project turkish businessman agree small contract flynn win contract bid lobby consult contract foreign company government illegal flynn come scrutiny wait march retroactively register justice department foreign agent work gulen project first charge file u.s. special counsel 's russia investigation source