Robert Mueller's Team Gave Up Millions to Join the Russia Probe. Here's How Much They Make

President Donald Trump has railed against Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation as a waste of money, casting scrutiny on the cost of the probe. But several of its top lawyers took annual pay cuts of over $1 million to work on it.

Mueller is one of six top attorneys on the investigative team who earn $161,900 annually, according to a Department of Justice document reviewed by MONEY.