>>> ON MAY 17th THIS YEAR AT 7:04 P.M., ROBERT MUELLER
CONFIRMED HE HAD BEEN NAMED TO BE SPECIAL COUNSEL IN THE TRUMP
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. THAT WAS CONFIRMED 7:04 P.M.
34 MINUTES LATER, 7:38 P.M. THAT SAME NIGHT HIS LAW FIRM HE LEFT
TO BECOME SPECIAL COUNSEL CONFIRMED THAT MULLER WAS
ALREADY STAFFING UP FOR THE TRUMP RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
AMONG THE PEOPLE HE WAS TAKING WITH HIM FROM HIS OLD LAW FIRM,
WAS THIS MAN. HIS NAME IS JAMES QUARRELS.
FUND FACT, JAMES STARTED OUT AS AN ASSISTANT SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
IN THE WATERGATE INVESTIGATION. THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE WE
LEARNED ABOUT. THEN WE LEARNED ABOUT ANDREW
WISEMAN GOING TO WORK WITH BOB
MULLER. THE LAST GIG WAS RUNNING THE
FRAUD SECTION OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION OF THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT BUT AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT ON THE
SHOW, ANDREW IS A VETERAN OF MORE THAN 25 MOB PROSECUTIONS
INCLUDING REALLY HIGH PROFILE ONES.
HE MANAGED TO GET A LONG TIME MOBSTER TO TESTIFY AGAINST JOHN
GOTTI. HE GOT THE SAME GUY TO COME OUT
OF WITNESS PROTECTION TO TESTIFY AGAINST VINNIE.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION OF ONE-TIME TRUMP
BUSINESS PARTNER FELIX SATER FOR A MOB CONNECTED FRAUD SCHEME TO
WHICH FELIX SATER PLED GUILTY. SO AFTER QUARRELS AND THEN
WISEMAN, WE THEN LEARNED ABOUT ANOTHER MULLER HIRE, MICHAEL WAS
HIRED OUT OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
WHEN HIRED, THE FORMER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES TOLD "THE
WASHINGTON POST" THAT HE IS QUOTE THE MOST BRILLIANT AND
MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAWYER IN AMERICA,
PERIOD. BOB MULLER ADDED AN EXPERIENCED
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TRIAL ATTORNEY NAMED LISA PAIGE WIRED
MAGAZINE HAD AN INTERESTING PROFILE OF HER THAT INCLUDED HER
EXPERIENCE WITH MONEY LAUNDERING AND ORGANIZED CRIME CASES
INCLUING INVESTIGATIONS WHERE SHE PARTNERED WITH AN FBI TASK
FORCE BASED IN HUNGRY WHICH FOCUSED ON EASTERN EUROPEAN
ORGANIZED CRIME. SO JUST TO RECAP THE TEAM HERE,
THE WATERGATE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR AND EXPERT AT FLIPPING MOB
WITNESSES AND EXPERT IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASES WHOSE PARTNERED
EXTENSIVELY WITH AN FBI TASK FORCE THAT FOCUSES ON EASTERN
EUROPEAN MOB ISSUES AND A MAN DESCRIBED AS THE MOST APRIL
-- BRILLIANT CRIMINAL LAWYER IN
AMERICA. NOW TODAY, ACCORDING TO THE
NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL WHO NABBED THIS SCOOP TODAY, TODAY WE
LEARNED ABOUT ANOTHER EYE CATCHING LAWYER ADDED TO
MUELLER'S STAFF. HER NAME IS IS ELIZABETH
PRELOEGAR. ELIZABETH PRELOGEAR.
SHE COMES FROM THE SOLICITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE AND THERE IS
IMPORTANT CLERK SHIPS ON HER RESUME.
SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED AND WELL-REGARDED BUT CAN I POINT
OUT ONE THING? SHE APPEARS TO BE FLUENT IN
RUSSIAN. FROM THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
TODAY QUOTE AS AN EMERY COLLEGE UNDER GRADUATE, SHE MAJORED IN
ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN AFTER GRADUA
GRADUATING, SHE WAS A SCHOLAR IN RUSSIA WHEN SHE WAS FIRST YEAR
AT HARVARD LAW IN 2006 SHE WON A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY RUSSIAN
MEDIA AND CENSORSHIP. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE TEAM
HERE, WATERGATE, MOB, MONEY LAUNDERING, CRIMINAL LAW, FLEW
FLUENT IN RUSSIAN.
ANY SENSE ON WHAT MUELLER IS WORKING ON?
WATCH THIS SPACE. THAT DOES IT