Special Counsel Mueller Just Brought In A Financial Crimes Specialist
This is very bad news for Donald Trump.
The chief of the Justice Department’s Fraud Section is joining Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team to assist with the investigation into Russia’s interference in the U.S. election and possible ties to Donald Trump’s campaign.
According to Bloomberg, the Fraud Section Chief Andrew Weissmann is expected to join the Russian investigation, making him the most senior government official to do so.
The news that Weissmann is joining the investigation is an important revelation given his experience in financial crimes and fraud cases.
“As the head of the Justice Department’s fraud section in the Obama administration, Weissmann’s specialties have included corporate wrongdoing and foreign corruption,” Bloomberg reports.
Also of importance, Weissmann created a pilot program involving self-reporting of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by company employees. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits bribing foreign officials or doing business with someone who has bribed foreign officials.
Weissmann has worked with Mueller in the past. He worked as the FBI’s general counsel from 2011 to 2013.
And in 2015 Weissmann was brought on in to run the Justice Department’s Fraud Section for the criminal division during the Obama administration.
