by A.R. Hoffman at The New York Sun
In a letter exclusively obtained by the Sun, one of Robert Mueller’s top deputies is summoned for a meeting with the United States attorney for the District of Columbia.
The New York Sun has exclusively obtained a letter to one of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s deputies, Aaron Zelinsky, from the Interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, that casts doubt on the “integrity and legality” of the prosecutions and investigations into Russian interference that consumed President Trump’s first term in office.
Mr. Zelinsky led the prosecution of a close confidant of Mr. Trump for decades, Roger Stone, and of a 2016 Trump campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, for peripheral crimes related to the Russia investigation. Both men were pardoned by Mr. Trump.
Mr. Martin’s letter, which seeks “information and clarification” as well as a meeting with Mr. Zelinsky, suggests that criminal jeopardy could await the attorneys who staffed Mr. Mueller’s team.
The letter, on official letterhead of the Department of Justice, was sent on Monday to Mr. Zelinsky, now a partner at the Zuckerman Spaeder firm. Prior to that, he was an assistant United States attorney in Maryland and assistant special counsel to Mr. Mueller, where he led the prosecutions of Messrs. Stone and Papadopoulos
A graduate of Yale Law School who clerked for two Supreme Court justices,…
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