Rew Weissmann, who served as one of Robert Mueller's top deputies on the Russia probe, offered a Ukrainian oligarch a sweetheart deal in 2017 in exchange for information on President Donald Trump, according to a new report.
In July 2017, Weissmann, who has been labeled Mueller's "Pit bull" because of his aggressive prosecutorial style, met with attorneys representing Dmitry Firtash, an energy magnate who was indicted on bribery charges in 2014, reports The Hill.
One of the defense memos said that Weissmann claimed he could "Resolve the Firtash case" by withdrawing charges against the oligarch, who has since been ordered extradited to the U.S. from Austria.
Weissmann, who served as chief of the Justice Department's criminal fraud section before joining the special counsel's team, claimed that prosecutors were looking for information on Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and were also exploring links between Trump's real estate firm and Felix Sater, a real estate developer who worked with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on a failed effort to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
Weissmann also offered a theory on Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who once did business with Firtash.
Firtash rejected Weissmann's offer because he was not certain that Weissmann could deliver what he promised, according to The Hill.
Republicans have been highly critical of Weissmann's position on the special counsel's team, largely because of his political support for Democrats.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/23/andrew-weissmann-firtash-sweetheart-deal/
In July 2017, Weissmann, who has been labeled Mueller's "Pit bull" because of his aggressive prosecutorial style, met with attorneys representing Dmitry Firtash, an energy magnate who was indicted on bribery charges in 2014, reports The Hill.
One of the defense memos said that Weissmann claimed he could "Resolve the Firtash case" by withdrawing charges against the oligarch, who has since been ordered extradited to the U.S. from Austria.
Weissmann, who served as chief of the Justice Department's criminal fraud section before joining the special counsel's team, claimed that prosecutors were looking for information on Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and were also exploring links between Trump's real estate firm and Felix Sater, a real estate developer who worked with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on a failed effort to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
Weissmann also offered a theory on Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who once did business with Firtash.
Firtash rejected Weissmann's offer because he was not certain that Weissmann could deliver what he promised, according to The Hill.
Republicans have been highly critical of Weissmann's position on the special counsel's team, largely because of his political support for Democrats.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/23/andrew-weissmann-firtash-sweetheart-deal/
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