DOJ’s Weissmann Joining Mueller’s Russia Investigation Team, Sources Say

By Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg News

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller is bolstering his team of investigators probing possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, adding a top Justice Department official overseeing active investigations into corporate fraud and foreign bribery, according to people familiar with the matter.

[caption id="attachment_51153" align="alignleft” width="178"][Image “Andrew Weissman. Photo by Stephanie Kuykendal (Bloomberg News)” (src=https://bol.bna.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/m338971-e1496268304873.jpeg)]Andrew Weissman. Photo by Stephanie Kuykendal (Bloomberg News)[/caption]

The official, Andrew Weissmann, is the most senior government official to join Mueller, the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director who became special counsel on May 17, said two people, who asked not ...