We might get the Mueller report as early as next week. But the Russia probe is nowhere near finished.

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Robert Mueller.

• Attorney General William Barr is reportedly preparing to submit a summary of the special counsel Robert Mueller's report to Congress as early as next week.
• But Justice Department veterans told INSIDER that even with the release of a Mueller report, the Russia probe and investigations related to it are far from over.
• There are still myriad court cases, cooperation agreements, potential future indictments, and related investigations being handled by other US attorneys' offices that will continue well past the Mueller report's release.

On Wednesday, we saw the latest in a string of media reports over the last year predicting an imminent release of a final report from the special counsel Robert Mueller on his findings in the FBI's Russia investigation.

For almost two years, Mueller has been investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 US election, whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow, and whether Trump sought to obstruct justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey. The FBI launched the Russia probe in the summer of 2016, and Mueller began overseeing it after Comey's ouster.

CNN reported Wednesday afternoon that the new attorney general, William Barr, is preparing to announce the end of the Russia investigation as early as next week. Citing people familiar with Barr's plans, CNN also reported that the attorney general is planning to submit a summary of Mueller's findings to Congress soon.

But Justice Department veterans cautioned to INSIDER that the release of Barr's summary of Mueller's findings does not necessarily signify the end of the Russia investigation. They pointed, in particular, to a plethora of court cases, cooperation agreements, and potential future indictments that could drop well after Barr submits his report to Congress.

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington.

Here are some of the major threads that experts say will continue past the release of the Mueller report:

• Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort could face new charges after a federal judge nullified his plea deal with Mueller in light of allegations that he lied to prosecutors after agreeing to cooperate.
• The longtime GOP strategist Roger Stone was indicted on seven felony counts of obstruction, false statements, and witness tampering last month. He pleaded not guilty to all counts and intends to go to trial. He has also not ruled out cooperating with prosecutors against other individuals - but not Trump - ensnared in the Russia probe.
• The far-right commentator Jerome Corsi told reporters that prosecutors had informed him that he would be indicted for lying to the FBI.
• Former Trump campaign deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates is still cooperating with multiple investigations.
• Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is still cooperating with multiple investigations.
• Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is still cooperating with multiple investigations.
• The Manhattan US attorney's office is probing Trump's involvement in several hush-money payments during the election to women who say they had affairs with him. Cohen, Trump's former bookkeeper, and several Trump Organization executives are cooperating with the ongoing investigation.
• New York federal prosecutors recently subpoenaed the Trump inaugural committee for documents related to its finances. The committee has long been under scrutiny from investigators examining whether foreign governments - like Russia, the UAE, and others - illegally funneled money into the operation to influence White House policy.
• Paul Erickson, a GOP strategist and the boyfriend of the Russian spy Maria Butina, was charged by the Justice Department in an unrelated fraud scheme, and if he strikes a plea deal, it could open up new investigative threads for prosecutors.
• The House Intelligence Committee recently sent over the transcripts of testimony from several individuals lawmakers believe may have lied to Congress, including Donald Trump Jr., the Trump associate Erik Prince, and others.
• Mueller is said to be probing the Trump campaign's ties to the National Rifle Association, and prosecutors were asking questions about it as recently as December.
• Mueller is locked in a legal battle with an unknown foreign corporation that's fighting a grand-jury subpoena for documents and testimony.
• Prosecutors are also in a court fight with another individual who's said to be fighting a separate grand-jury subpoena.
• In January, Mueller's federal grand jury was extended for six months, so it could continue to meet and vote on criminal indictments.
• The US attorney's office in Washington, DC, has stepped up on assisting Mueller's team with casework which will continue even after the release of a report. Some of those cases reportedly include Stone's, one involving a Russian social-media conspiracy, and the court battle with the unidentified foreign corporation.