Only by 2 lawyers out of a full time lawyer’s staff of 17…..
But it does seem that the Mueller team is almost finished with the side show people in the Trump/Russia investigation….
Two other government lawyers on loan to Mueller & Co. went back to their old jobs a few months ago….
And get this….
No leaks….
Sizing up the situation, former FBI Director James Comey recently said it looks like the Mueller probe is in the “fourth quarter.”
A Washington defense attorney working on the Russia investigation said the latest moves suggest an end is in sight.
“They’re downsizing,” the lawyer said. “I think they wouldn’t be letting people go unless they’re winding down, especially the way these things work.”
Barbara McQuade, a former Obama-era U.S. attorney and law professor at the University of Michigan who has closely tracked Mueller’s work, said that while the staffers could theoretically be replaced, such a move would be unlikely “because knowledge and momentum would be lost by replacing prosecutors at this stage.”
Note….
The Mueller team also includes FBI agents, IRS agents and other Federal law enforcement staff….
The Mueller team along with the US Attorney offices are reported to also be working with state Attorney General investigators on certain things….
image….WashingtonPost.Com