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At 72, Mr. Quarles is one of the oldest and most senior members of the team, and he has a history in Washington: He was a Watergate prosecutor. He was also one of three lawyers Mr. Mueller brought on from WilmerHale, his former firm.
Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has marshaled prosecutors, F.B.I. agents and other lawyers to investigate Russiaâs 2016 election interference and whether any Trump associates conspired. The team has secured indictments against dozens of people and three companies, one trial conviction and a handful of guilty pleas in the highest-profile political inquiry in a generation.
Mr. Van Grack was on detail from the Justice Departmentâs national security division until early October and was involved in several of the most public elements of the Mueller investigation, including Mr. Flynnâs and Mr. Manafortâs plea deals, and Mr. Manafortâs convictions in his August trial. Mr. Van Grack has returned to the national security division but will still be involved in some aspects of the special counselâs work.
One of the highest-profile prosecutors working for Mr. Mueller, Mr. Weissmann has prosecuted Mafia bosses and led the task force investigating Enron more than a decade ago. He specializes in flipping witnesses and oversaw or took part in almost every early aspect of the special counselâs investigation, including Mr. Manafortâs prosecution and the case against Mr. van der Zwaan. Mr. Weissmannâ s aggressive tactics have prompted criticism, but some defense lawyers have noted his compassionate side, and his interests outside work extend to sports â he once attended tennis camp as an adult.
Aaron Zebley. Considered Mr. Muellerâs closest associate, Mr. Zebley often serves as an intermediary between Mr. Muellerâs office and senior officials at the Justice Department who oversee the investigation. He was Mr. Muellerâs chief of staff at the F.B.I. and followed him to WilmerHale. Mr.
Flynn, tapped as the presidentâs first national security adviser, asked Russiaâs ambassador to the United States in late 2016 that the Kremlin hold off on escalating in response to sanctions imposed by the Obama administration over election interference.
A leading expert in criminal law who has made more than 100 oral arguments before the Supreme Court, some as deputy solicitor general , Mr. Dreeben is handling pretrial litigation for the office. His aim is to defend the mandate of the special counselâs office from legal attacks in court and to help prevent the office from losing cases on appeal.
Three months after that meeting, Trump fires Comey. According to the White House â âHe fired him because he was not fit to do the job. Itâs that simple.â. Eight days later, the Justice Department taps former F.B.I. Director Robert Mueller to lead the investigation now that Comey is gone.
Michael Cohen, Trumpâs personal lawyer. Heâs mostly charged with crimes that arenât part of the Mueller investigation. âMr. Cohen will continue to cooperate.â. But Mueller wants to talk to him to see if he knows anything about Trump business dealings in Russia while Trump was running for president.
Trump in the White House in the 2020 election, insisted that Mr. Muellerâs full report be made public, including the underlying evidence.
The Justice Department has a policy that says the president canât be indicted. But if the president canât be indicted, Congress should deal with that behavior.
Trump to far more problems. Mr. Mueller said he chose not to subpoena the president because a court fight would delay the investigation.
Prosecutors describe a president who was preoccupied with ending a federal investigation, a White House that repeatedly told misleading and changing stories, and a presidential campaign that was in repeated contact with Russian officials for reasons that are not always clear.
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, produced a report of more than 400 pages that painted a deeply unflattering picture of President Trump but stopped short of accusing him of criminal wrongdoing. Here are seven takeaways.
The rub here is that it is at odds with the theory of Robert Muellerâs boss, Attorney General Barr. He got the job of attorney general, some say, based on his theory that the president canât really obstruct justice. Barr says, today, in his press conference â.
The team members' specialties range from constitutional law and obstruction of justice to money laundering and cyber crimes. While they have a history of successful prosecutions, they also have a reputation for fairness, said Walden, who represents one of the witnesses in the investigation.
He was so successful he was allegedly targeted for assassination in 2005 by the acting boss of the Bonanno crime family, Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano.
Mueller and the deputy attorney general who appointed him, Rod Rosenstein, are both registered Republicans. Each team member brings a specific expertise. Andrew Goldstein, right, then head of the Public Corruption unit of the federal prosecutor's office, arrives for a meeting with Mayor Bill de Blasio on February 24, 2017 in New York.
James Quarles, who worked with Mueller in private practice at the Washington office of WilmerHale, has investigated a president before. From 1973 to 1975, he was an assistant special prosecutor for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, which helped force Richard Nixon out of office and prosecuted a number of Nixon administration officials.
Aaron Zebley is another WilmerHale alum and is especially close to Mueller; he was his chief of staff at the FBI. Zebley is also a former FBI agent who was involved in an international hunt for al Qaeda terrorists before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Andrew Weissmann is the chief of the criminal fraud section of the DOJ and a favorite target of conservative pundits, in part for having signed off on a no-knock search warrant for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Fox News host Sean Hannity has called him "a legal nightmare" and "a legal tyrant.".
Adam Jed worked as an appellate lawyer in DOJ's civil division and has experience in asset forfeiture. In the Mueller case, the Harvard Law graduate has reportedly worked to keep some documents sealed from public view. Like Zelinsky, he has clerked for Justice Stevens.