Ex-DOJ Official Specializing In Fraud, Foreign Bribery Joins Mueller Team

FBI Director Robert Mueller listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013, as the House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the FBI. Mueller is nearing the end of his 12 ... FBI Director Robert Mueller listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2013, as the House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the FBI. Mueller is nearing the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency that is conducting high-profile investigations of the Boston Marathon bombings, the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and leaks of classified government information. The committee's chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said when it comes to national security leaks, it's important to balance the need to protect secrecy with the need to let the news media do their job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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A former Justice Department official specializing in fraud and illegal foreign bribery cases has become the sixteenth lawyer on the special counsel team investigating into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, Reuters reported Tuesday.

Josh Stueve, a spokesperson for special counsel Robert Mueller, confirmed the hiring of attorney Greg Andres to Reuters.

During his two-year tenure at the DOJ, Andres served as deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division, overseeing the fraud unit and program that targeted illegal foreign bribery. Prior to joining to DOJ in 2010, he was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn, where he prosecuted several members of the Bonanno organized crime family.

Andres will add his expertise to a team with years of experience in national security, money laundering, cybercrime, and public corruption cases.

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  1. Who Mueller is hiring is incredibly insightful.

  2. Specializing In Fraud, Foreign Bribery
    What a perfect fit
    Getting nervous Donny?

  3. I’m sure Trump’s team of NY real estate lawyers will view this with growing trepidation. “Quick, where can we find a fraud and bribery defense specialist?” Trump’s legal team is badly outnumbered and outclassed. I’m sure Donald has the best lawyers money can buy. His problem is that money can’t buy some lawyers.

  4. It seems that Mueller is not fucking around.

  5. The Trumpire is going to have to scorch a lot of earth, not just the bit on which Mueller is standing.

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