Politics

This Is Mueller’s Dream Team for the Trump-Russia Probe

The special counsel assembles veteran prosecutors to investigate collusion.

From left: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post/Getty Images; NYU Photo Bureau: Gallo; Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe/Getty Images; Diego M. Radzinschi/The National Law Journal; Bloomberg; Courtesy Wilmerhale

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By Tom Schoenberg and David Voreacos

June 15, 2017 at 3:55 AM UTC

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This article is part of the June 19, 2017 issue of businessweek.

Former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller is tasked with investigating possible collusion between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. He’s also working to determine whether President Trump obstructed justice in pressuring FBI Director James Comey to drop the Michael Flynn investigation. Based in downtown Washington, D.C., Mueller has built a small, focused team that draws on decades of experience and knowledge, ranging from mob prosecutors and fraud experts to lawyers with serious Supreme Court experience.

The special counsel has recruited talent from his days at the FBI and from his old law firm WilmerHale (which also has attorneys representing Trump associates)