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==Background==

==Background==

[[File:Pjimage-115-600x338 (1).jpg|right|300px|thumb|Clinton operatives [[Sally Yates]] (left) and Andrew Weissmann (right).<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mueller-needs-to-make-a-change/2017/12/13/fbf93682-e050-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html </ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/337428-four-top-legal-experts-on-muellers-team-donated-to-democratic-causes </ref><ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/confirmed-mueller-team-can-disbarred-clinton-conflicts-trump-case/ </ref> Yates was referred for criminal investigation for her role in the Obama administration's [[FISA abuse]] scandal.<ref>https://newsprocession.com/2018/04/lawmakers-issue-criminal-referral-to-doj-for-dossier-splinter-group-comey-clinton-lynch-yates-mccabe-strzok-and-page/ </ref> Weissman praised Yates for her leadership of the Resistance.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/05/politics/mueller-emails-praise-doj-yates/index.html </ref>]]

[[File:Pjimage-115-600x338 (1).jpg|right|300px|thumb|Clinton operatives [[Sally Yates]] (left) and Andrew Weissmann (right).<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mueller-needs-to-make-a-change/2017/12/13/fbf93682-e050-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/337428-four-top-legal-experts-on-muellers-team-donated-to-democratic-causes</ref><ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/confirmed-mueller-team-can-disbarred-clinton-conflicts-trump-case/</ref> Yates was referred for criminal investigation for her role in the Obama administration's [[FISA abuse]] scandal.<ref>https://newsprocession.com/2018/04/lawmakers-issue-criminal-referral-to-doj-for-dossier-splinter-group-comey-clinton-lynch-yates-mccabe-strzok-and-page/</ref> Weissman praised Yates for her leadership of the Resistance.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/05/politics/mueller-emails-praise-doj-yates/index.html</ref>]]

Weissmann was FBI director [[Robert Mueller]]’s special counsel in 2005, and the [[FBI]]'s general counsel in 2011. He has served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY). In 2015 he headed the criminal fraud section at DOJ. Weissmann has taught at NYU School of Law, Fordham Law School, and Brooklyn Law School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/andrew-weissmann-selected-chief-criminal-divisions-fraud-section-0|title=Press release: Andrew Weissmann Selected as Chief of Criminal Division's Fraud Section|date=January 9, 2015|work=U.S. Department of Justice|accessdate=}}</ref> On June 19, 2017 he joined the [[Mueller team]] in the [[Spygate]] coverup.<ref>Karen Freifeld. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-lawyers/mueller-team-lawyer-brings-witness-flipping-expertise-to-trump-probes-idUSKBN19A1CM Mueller team lawyer brings witness-flipping expertise to Trump probes] Reuters. June 19, 2017</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Flegenheimer|first1=Matt|title=Andrew Weissmann, Mueller’s Legal Pit Bull|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/politics/andrew-weissmann-mueller.html|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=December 11, 2017|date=}}</ref><ref>Tom Schoenberg. [http://www.smh.com.au/world/trumprussia-senior-us-justice-official-said-to-jump-to-investigation-20170531-gwhovd.html Trump-Russia: senior US justice official Andrew Weissmann joining investigation]. ''Sydney Morning Herald'', June 1, 2017.</ref> and jointly led the case against [[Paul Manafort]] and [[Rick Gates]].

Weissmann was FBI director [[Robert Mueller]]’s special counsel in 2005, and the [[FBI]]'s general counsel in 2011. He has served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY). In 2015 he headed the criminal fraud section at DOJ. Weissmann has taught at NYU School of Law, Fordham Law School, and Brooklyn Law School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/andrew-weissmann-selected-chief-criminal-divisions-fraud-section-0|title=Press release: Andrew Weissmann Selected as Chief of Criminal Division's Fraud Section|date=January 9, 2015|work=U.S. Department of Justice|accessdate=}}</ref> On June 19, 2017 he joined the [[Mueller team]] in the [[Spygate]] coverup.<ref>Karen Freifeld. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-lawyers/mueller-team-lawyer-brings-witness-flipping-expertise-to-trump-probes-idUSKBN19A1CM Mueller team lawyer brings witness-flipping expertise to Trump probes] Reuters. June 19, 2017</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Flegenheimer|first1=Matt|title=Andrew Weissmann, Mueller’s Legal Pit Bull|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/politics/andrew-weissmann-mueller.html|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=December 11, 2017|date=}}</ref><ref>Tom Schoenberg. [http://www.smh.com.au/world/trumprussia-senior-us-justice-official-said-to-jump-to-investigation-20170531-gwhovd.html Trump-Russia: senior US justice official Andrew Weissmann joining investigation]. ''Sydney Morning Herald'', June 1, 2017.</ref> and jointly led the case against [[Paul Manafort]] and [[Rick Gates]].

===Clinton Foundation===

===Clinton Foundation===

In September 2020 it was reported that U.S. Attorney [[John Durham]] was investigating 2016 efforts from Main Justice DOJ to block [[FBI]] efforts to investigate the [[Clinton Foundation]].  ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that “top Justice Department officials denied a request in 2016 from senior FBI managers in Washington to secure a [[subpoena]].” ''NYT'' said that “the decision frustrated some agents who believed they had enough evidence beyond the book [Peter Schweitzer's ''Clinton Cash''], including a discussion that touched on the foundation and was captured on a wiretap in an unrelated investigation.”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-reviewing-fbi-handling-of-clinton-foundation-investigation</ref>  Andrew Weissmann was at the time chief of the DOJ Criminal Division Fraud Section (FSCD) which oversees prosecutions relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (ie. bribery that crosses borders).

In September 2020 it was reported that U.S. Attorney [[John Durham]] was investigating 2016 efforts from Main Justice DOJ to block [[FBI]] efforts to investigate the [[Clinton Foundation]].  ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that “top Justice Department officials denied a request in 2016 from senior FBI managers in Washington to secure a [[subpoena]].” ''NYT'' said that “the decision frustrated some agents who believed they had enough evidence beyond the book [Peter Schweitzer's ''Clinton Cash''], including a discussion that touched on the foundation and was captured on a wiretap in an unrelated investigation.”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-durham-reviewing-fbi-handling-of-clinton-foundation-investigation</ref>  Andrew Weissmann was at the time chief of the DOJ Criminal Division Fraud Section (FSCD) which oversees prosecutions relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (i.e. bribery that crosses borders).

==Trump-Russia hoax==

==Trump-Russia hoax==