Wednesday, June 28, 2017

This Top Mueller Aide Once Worked on an Investigation of a Trump Associate Tied to the Russian Mob

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/trump-felix-sater-andrew-weissman/
"While President Donald Trump fumes about the expanding Russia investigation, the man in charge of the probe has been busy assembling a murderer’s row of experienced prosecutors boasting backgrounds in government corruption, fraud, cybersecurity, corporate crime, and organized crime. One of the first hires made by special counsel Robert Mueller was Andrew Weissmann, the leader of the Justice Department’s criminal fraud division. And in a curious twist, Weissmann once played a role in an unusual case—involving the Mafia, the Russian mob, and securities fraud—that is now oddly linked to Trump."