Special Counsel Mueller's top prosecutor is leaving the office -- a high profile departure that is the latest public signal that the special counsel is close to wrapping up his investigation.
Andrew Weissmann, in 2003, led the prosecution of former Enron executives as head of the Justice Department's criminal fraud section.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WASHINGTON — Andrew Weissmann, Robert Mueller's top prosecutor, is leaving the special counsel's office within the next week or so, a source close to him confirmed to NBC News., citing two sources familiar with the matter.
The high-profile departures are the latest public sign that the special counsel is close to wrapping up his investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and the 2016 Russian election interference effort.
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