Robert Mueller. Aaron Bernstein / Reuters
Politico: What Mueller's org chart reveals about his Russia probe
Workload for the special counsel’s team — now 17 prosecutors — shows how he’s conducting the probe and what may come next.
Special counsel Robert Mueller has not publicly uttered a single word about the direction of his high-stakes Russia probe.
But the way he’s assigned the 17 federal prosecutors on his team — pieced together by POLITICO from court filings and interviews with lawyers familiar with the Russia cases — gives insight into how he’s conducting the investigation and what might be next.
His most experienced attorneys have discrete targets, such as former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former national security adviser Michael Flynn and current White House aides. Mueller’s longtime chief of staff is coordinating all the lawyers, including some who cover multiple topics. Select FBI special agents have been tapped to question witnesses.
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WNU Editor: I am with Conrad Black on this one .... Ring Down the Curtain on This Fiasco (Conrad Black, NRO). More to the point, if they find nothing substantial on Russian collusion that they can charge people for a crime by spring .... and for me process crimes (people lying to the FBI), and not paying their taxes (Paul Manafort) does not count .... it will be time to consider shutting this down.
