Mueller Deputy: This Is Where the Special Counsel Came Up Short
Hindsight is always 2020, and in this case, Andrew Weissman is pretty sure where Mueller and team came up short. He was part of the team that investigated Enron. He personally promoted former FBI attorney Lisa Page and served as Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s deputy during the Russian collusion hearings. He wrote a book about the experience, but came on the newest members-only episode of The New Abnormal to share that insight with co-host Molly Jong-Fast. When it came down to it, \u201cwe didn't have sufficient proof that people in the Trump campaign were trained not to accept anything from foreigners,\u201d says Weissman. Also, \u201cI think we should have said whether we thought he obstructed justice or not. I didn't think we should have used very hard to understand double negatives.\u201d Then there\u2019s the four-eyed elephant in the room named Bill Barr, who Weissman says no one from his team anticipated \u201cundermining the rule of law.\u201d But it didn\u2019t take them long in their investigation to figure out that was what was happening. Speaking of which, Weissman predicts a lot more \u201charm\u201d to the justice system if Trump is re-elected for another four years. And if Trump isn\u2019t? It won\u2019t be gumdrops and roses just yet. Weissman has an unnerving prediction for what Trump will do if he loses. Plus! He breaks down how he got to this place and has some action items to make sure it never happens again.
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