Andrew Weissmann
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<p>Andrew Weissmann was one of Mueller’s first hires, leaving his Justice Department role as chief of the Criminal Division Fraud Section. The two men have worked together for several years at the FBI – Weissman was Mueller’s special counsel in <a class="thought-link" href="brain://nDubQk03iEKUlQoJ0KHo7A/2005">2005</a>, and the bureau’s general counsel in <a class="thought-link" href="brain://UmDAbGgZ3U-d4vsuVZcMcg/2011">2011</a>. He’s known for his aggressive approach to white collar cases.</p>
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<p class="notable-cases"><strong>Role on Mueller team:</strong></p>
<p>Weissmann jointly leads the case against <a class="thought-link" href="brain://DCPAczT4k0Wp6stnXIltsA/PaulManafort">Manafort</a> and <a class="thought-link" href="brain://0xLrOzsYwUmgnFO-bkY5EA/RichardGates">Gates</a>.</p>
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<p class="notable-cases"><strong>Notable cases:</strong></p>
<p>Weissmann famously led the Justice Department’s Enron Task Force in the early <a class="thought-link" href="brain://5w9Aka3glEK9GEcYI2ISpA/2000">2000</a>s, where he investigated over 30 members of the company’s upper echelon. One of Weissmann’s more memorable tactics included charging the spouse of Enron’s chief financial officer Andrew Fastow. The approach led to guilty pleas from both Fastows, and the former business leader’s cooperation in the investigation.</p>
<p>Weissmann was responsible for trying more than 25 cases and prosecuting several members of the Genovese, Colombo and Gambino crime families in the Brooklyn US attorney’s office, according to a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/andrew-weissmann-selected-chief-criminal-divisions-fraud-section-0" target="_blank">DOJ press release</a>.</p>
<p><a class="thought-link" href="brain://CxaC58i3bkO2SeIhKXu_XA/AndrewWeissmann">Andrew Weissmann</a> was also involved in a cooperation agreement signed between the US government and <a class="thought-link" href="brain://ub5UZzGspUWbILsuGrKeuQ/FelixSater">Felix Sater</a> in <a class="thought-link" href="brain://M68bLhEn7kOaxHkc4zvtag/1998">1998</a>, according to court filings. Sater, who did business with President <a class="thought-link" href="brain://uiDkXV044ESy18iajFuM3A/DonaldTrump">Donald Trump</a> in the <a class="thought-link" href="brain://5w9Aka3glEK9GEcYI2ISpA/2000">2000</a>s, would later become an <a class="thought-link" href="brain://jCSI9O0LOkepGCRbj36FbQ/Fbi">FBI</a> informant who helped the government pursue organized crime figures. His activities during the campaign attracted the scrutiny of investigators on the <a class="thought-link" href="brain://VTE0BbKC_0-JZ3N15bCuOg/HouseIntelligenceCommittee">House Intelligence Committee</a>. He testified before the panel in <a class="thought-link" href="brain://icxZp5PYqEex--X9DXXUrA/201712">December 2017</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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