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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAndrew Weissmann, Muellers Legal Pit Bull
Andrew Weissmann, second from left, and other members of Robert S. Mueller IIIs legal team outside the United States Courthouse in Washington in September.
WASHINGTON The target was a New York City titan plain-spoken but Teflon, irresistible to the tabloids and insistent upon loyalty from his associates.
The defendant, Vincent the Chin Gigante, had accumulated power as the head of the Genovese crime family, feigning insanity to conceal his guilt. A prosecutor in Brooklyn was at last prepared to cut him down, using witnesses the government had flipped.
He couldnt stop people from talking about him, the prosecutor, Andrew Weissmann, said of Mr. Gigante, addressing jurors at the end of a career-making federal court case in 1997. When theres a large organization to run, you cannot erase yourself from the minds, and more important the tongues, of your conspirators.
Two decades later, Mr. Weissmann has turned his attention to a more prominent set of prospective conspirators: He is a top lieutenant to Robert S. Mueller III on the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible links to the Trump campaign. Significantly, Mr. Weissmann is an expert in converting defendants into collaborators with either tactical brilliance or overzealousness, depending on ones perspective.
The defendant, Vincent the Chin Gigante, had accumulated power as the head of the Genovese crime family, feigning insanity to conceal his guilt. A prosecutor in Brooklyn was at last prepared to cut him down, using witnesses the government had flipped.
He couldnt stop people from talking about him, the prosecutor, Andrew Weissmann, said of Mr. Gigante, addressing jurors at the end of a career-making federal court case in 1997. When theres a large organization to run, you cannot erase yourself from the minds, and more important the tongues, of your conspirators.
Two decades later, Mr. Weissmann has turned his attention to a more prominent set of prospective conspirators: He is a top lieutenant to Robert S. Mueller III on the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible links to the Trump campaign. Significantly, Mr. Weissmann is an expert in converting defendants into collaborators with either tactical brilliance or overzealousness, depending on ones perspective.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/politics/andrew-weissmann-mueller.html
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Andrew Weissmann, Muellers Legal Pit Bull (Original Post)
spanone
Nov 2017
OP
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)1. I heard they would work for free if funding is cut off.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,681 posts)2. A big, fat K&R!
spanone
(135,861 posts)3. Thanks!
nycbos
(6,037 posts)4. Nice too know Mueller has him on his team.
I was confusing him with Michael Dreeben. Dreeben is Mueller's appeals expert.
FM123
(10,054 posts)5. Weissmann's hyperdiligence is exactly what the team needs
spanone
(135,861 posts)6. Andrew Weissmann
Career
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Weissmann
Maybe he'll add the Trump Crime Family to his legacy.
From 1991 to 2002 Weissmann worked in the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. While there he tried more than 25 cases involving members
of the Genovese, Colombo and Gambino crime families. From 2002 to 2005, he was deputy director and then director of the task force investigating and prosecuting the
Enron scandal.[1] In 2005 he worked as special counsel under Mueller at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, then went into private practice at Jenner & Block in New
York. In 2011 he returned to the FBI, serving as General Counsel under Mueller.[3] Since 2015 he has headed the criminal fraud section at DOJ. Weissmann has taught at
NYU School of Law, Fordham Law School, and Brooklyn Law School.[2] on June 19, 2017 he joined Special counsel Mueller's team in investigating the Russian
interference in the 2016 United States elections
. [4]
of the Genovese, Colombo and Gambino crime families. From 2002 to 2005, he was deputy director and then director of the task force investigating and prosecuting the
Enron scandal.[1] In 2005 he worked as special counsel under Mueller at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, then went into private practice at Jenner & Block in New
York. In 2011 he returned to the FBI, serving as General Counsel under Mueller.[3] Since 2015 he has headed the criminal fraud section at DOJ. Weissmann has taught at
NYU School of Law, Fordham Law School, and Brooklyn Law School.[2] on June 19, 2017 he joined Special counsel Mueller's team in investigating the Russian
interference in the 2016 United States elections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Weissmann
Maybe he'll add the Trump Crime Family to his legacy.
meow2u3
(24,768 posts)7. Weissman put away baddies like Gotti and Vincent "The Chin" Gigante
I'm very confident he'll be able to put away a third-rate gangster like Trump.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)12. I like his track record!
👍🏾👏🏾
FM123
(10,054 posts)13. Yes, I think he will do just that (adding the TCF to his legacy)
pangaia
(24,324 posts)8. Did they plan to all wear the same clothes?
lame54
(35,317 posts)9. Probably a good idea to not...
Spread their pics around everywhere
Along with Papadopoulos's pic
grantcart
(53,061 posts)10. great article
Nitram
(22,853 posts)11. You can't bezealous when pursuing traitors and criminals.