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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJustice League: Meet The Veteran Prosecutors Powering The Russia Probe
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/special-counsel-probe-beefs-up-bigly?utm_content=buffer64274&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferThe powerhouse team of lawyers assigned to the multi-pronged federal investigation into Russias interference in the 2016 election has metastasized to include 15 members.
Plucked from the Justice Department and white-collar law firms by special counsel Robert Mueller, the attorneys boast years of experience prosecuting cases involving national security, fraud, money laundering, cybercrime and espionage. There are experts in witness-flipping, Russia, organized crime and public corruption. Several have worked with Mueller in the past.
Though the team is holed up away from the public eye in their office in the Patrick Henry Building on Washington, D.C.s D Street, their previous work experience offers a window into where the investigation into Russias attempts to influence the election outcomeand whether any members of the Trump campaign assisted that effort or committed any financial crimescould be headed.
Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel, confirmed that the following 13 lawyers have been publicly identified out of the 15-member team, and told TPM that more were in the pipeline.
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Money laundering, fraud, counterterrorism, counterespionage, cybercrime, organized crime, gang crime, one fluent in Russian. Sounds like all the expertise is there. No wonder the Orange One wants it shut down.
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Justice League: Meet The Veteran Prosecutors Powering The Russia Probe (Original Post)
deminks
Jul 2017
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Botany
(70,567 posts)1. What a team
ELIZABETH PRELOGAR
An assistant to the solicitor generals office, Prelogar previously clerked for Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan and worked in private practice at Hogan Lovells.
She appears to be fluent in Russian from her undergraduate and graduate studies, and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Russia, as the National Law Journal reported.
Gothmog
(145,496 posts)2. You do not assemble this much legal talent without intending to get a few indictments
I am very impressed with this legal team