Above the Law is providing a bit of background on who Special Prosecutor, Robert Mueller has decided to pull into his orbit and it’s not looking good for the administration
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Working for a special counsel who’s investigating scandal in a presidential administration is one of the most interesting — and potentially career-enhancing — assignments for a young lawyer. Just ask D.C. Circuit Judge (and potential Supreme Court nominee) Brett Kavanaugh, who worked for Kenneth Starr on the Whitewater investigation during the Clinton presidency. Or leading legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin, who worked for Lawrence Walsh on the Iran-Contra investigation during the Reagan presidency (and turned that experience into his first book, Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer’s First Case (affiliate link)).
Now former FBI director Robert Mueller, the special counsel tasked with investigating possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, is putting together his team — and what a team it is. Writing in Wired, journalist Garrett Graff — who literally wrote the book on Bob Mueller (affiliate link) — profiles this legal “dream team.”
Much of Graff’s piece focuses on Aaron Zebley, who chased terrorists around the globe as an FBI agent. But on top of his amazing war stories, Zebley has an impressive pedigree: William & Mary, UVA Law, assistant U.S. attorney (E.D. Va.), chief of staff to then-FBI director Mueller, and partner at WilmerHale.
And Zebley’s not the only high-flying legal eagle working with Mueller, as Graff notes……
