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Brandon Van Grack

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<p>Brandon Van Grack served in the Justice Department&rsquo;s National Security Division. He prosecuted counter-espionage cases in the department&rsquo;s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.</p>

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<p class="notable-cases"><strong>Role on Mueller team:</strong></p>

<p>Van Grack is one of the lawyers on Mueller&rsquo;s team that handled the Flynn investigation and guilty plea. He is overseeing Flynn&rsquo;s case in court.</p>

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<p class="notable-cases"><strong>Notable cases:</strong></p>

<p>Van Grack has been involved in several high-profile cyber and counter-terrorism cases, including the prosecution of a Kosovo hacker who gave personal information of US service members to ISIS. The hacker, Ardit Ferizi, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/isil-linked-kosovo-hacker-sentenced-20-years-prison" target="_blank">DOJ press release</a>.</p>

<p>Van Grack also helped prosecute a US government employee who took home classified documents that contained national defense information. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency employee Mohan L. Nirala was found guilty after federal agents made a forced entry into his home and discovered over 500 pages of classified documents in his basement, according to a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/former-nga-employee-sentenced-taking-classified-information" target="_blank">DOJ press release</a>.</p>

<p>Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/politics/meet-the-mueller-team/">Meet the Mueller team</a></p>

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