https://lawfareblog.com/worst-thing-happened-donald-trump-week
What's the worst thing that happened to Donald Trump this week? It was NOT Director Comey's testimony. Rather, it must be the late Friday news that Robert Mueller has hired Michael Dreeben, on a part-time basis, to help with his investigation. Dreeben, a deputy in the Office of the Solicitor General, has argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court. His specialty has, for the last 20 years, been criminal matters and he has an encyclopedic knowledge of criminal law. I once saw him argue a Supreme Court matter without a single note. In short, he is quite possibly the best criminal appellate lawyer in America (at least on the government's side). That Mueller has sought his assistance attests both to the seriousness of his effort and the depth of the intellectual bench he is building.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-criminal-law-expert-joins-special-counsel-robert-mueller’s-russia-probe/ar-BBCnSKK?OCID=ansmsnnews11
“Michael is the most brilliant and most knowledgeable federal criminal lawyer in America — period,” said Walter Dellinger, a law professor at Duke University School of Law and acting solicitor general for the 1996-1997 term of the Supreme Court.
“I learned early on in my time as acting [solicitor general] that there was no point of ever thinking of second-guessing Michael on a matter of federal criminal law, because he just knew more than I did or could ever know,” Dellinger said. “He’s a straight shooter, and is held in the greatest esteem by the FBI and lawyers in U.S. attorneys offices all over the country.”
https://law.duke.edu/video/lecture-...puty-solicitor-general-us-department-justice/
November 1, 2010 - Michael Dreeben, Criminal Deputy Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, talks about his work at the Office of the Solicitor General and Supreme Court advocacy in general.
What's the worst thing that happened to Donald Trump this week? It was NOT Director Comey's testimony. Rather, it must be the late Friday news that Robert Mueller has hired Michael Dreeben, on a part-time basis, to help with his investigation. Dreeben, a deputy in the Office of the Solicitor General, has argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court. His specialty has, for the last 20 years, been criminal matters and he has an encyclopedic knowledge of criminal law. I once saw him argue a Supreme Court matter without a single note. In short, he is quite possibly the best criminal appellate lawyer in America (at least on the government's side). That Mueller has sought his assistance attests both to the seriousness of his effort and the depth of the intellectual bench he is building.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-criminal-law-expert-joins-special-counsel-robert-mueller’s-russia-probe/ar-BBCnSKK?OCID=ansmsnnews11
“Michael is the most brilliant and most knowledgeable federal criminal lawyer in America — period,” said Walter Dellinger, a law professor at Duke University School of Law and acting solicitor general for the 1996-1997 term of the Supreme Court.
“I learned early on in my time as acting [solicitor general] that there was no point of ever thinking of second-guessing Michael on a matter of federal criminal law, because he just knew more than I did or could ever know,” Dellinger said. “He’s a straight shooter, and is held in the greatest esteem by the FBI and lawyers in U.S. attorneys offices all over the country.”
https://law.duke.edu/video/lecture-...puty-solicitor-general-us-department-justice/
November 1, 2010 - Michael Dreeben, Criminal Deputy Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, talks about his work at the Office of the Solicitor General and Supreme Court advocacy in general.
