Even though the Mueller team has 16 or 17 attorneys dedicated full-time, we should all recognize that there are actually many more #DOJ attorneys helping the investigation as part of their day-to-day jobs, particularly from DOJ’s DC Criminal Division. /1 washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…
For example, in order to get wiretaps approved, the Criminal Division’s Office of Enforcement Operations would have to be involved. In order to manage the sharing of evidence and coordination on witnesses with international partners, Office of International Affairs attorneys /2
Would need to be working with the Special Counsel’s team. In addition to those two offices, attorneys in the Criminal Division who supervise those 2 offices (OEO & OIA) would have to be in the loop and doing some work on this. Plus, those guys (and yes they are guys) would /3
Have to be working also with attorneys in Rod’s office, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General. And that’s just from the Criminal Division. Now add onto that the attorneys from the National Security Division who likely have to “touch” the matter. And some folks in the USAOs /4
Also will touch on it. So when we look at the number of attorneys working on the Russian investigation, we should be aware there is a bigger army there, behind the scenes. Justice will prevail. /END
