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by Rebecca Tan and Alex Ward at Vox
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/15/15783384/trump-mueller-team-russia-investigation-dreeben-weissman-quarles-rhee-zebley
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Led by special counsel Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, the team includes heavy hitters like Michael Dreeben, an expert on criminal law who has argued more than 100 cases in front of the Supreme Court, and Andrew Weissmann, a seasoned prosecutor whos spent his career going after organized crime.
Adding to the firepower are James Quarles, a former assistant special prosecutor for the Watergate investigation; Jeannie Rhee, a former senior adviser to former Attorney General Eric Holder and a white-collar crime specialist; and Aaron Zebley, a cybersecurity expert who spent decades in the FBI before joining a private practice.
The appointments come amid growing signs that Trump himself is in Muellers crosshairs: On Tuesday night, the Washington Post reported that the special counsel was directly investigating whether the presidents decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey was an effort to obstruct justice.
The Mueller team is setting up interviews with the nations top intelligence officials to find out whether Trump had asked them to try to persuade Comey to drop the FBIs probe into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to the Post. The New York Times, meanwhile, reported Tuesday night that Mueller was also looking into possible money laundering by Trump campaign staffers and associates.
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Gothmog
(145,130 posts)Phoenix61
(17,002 posts)There is definitely a there there. IMO, Twitler has been on their radar for years but just wasn't worth going after. White collar money laundering probably isn't real high on their list. Now, that he has managed to piss off the entire Intel community so worth it.
panader0
(25,816 posts)The cybersecurity expert may be the key.