[PJ] Zainab Ahmad and Andrew Weissmann -- two top prosecutors on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team -- have left the team in recent days, sparking speculation that the Russia probe is wrapping up. One Republican congressman, however, thinks something else may have prompted their departures.On Fox News Tuesday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speculated that a letter he and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) sent to Attorney General William Barr on March 1 may have prompted the pair's departures.
In the letter, Reps Jordan and Meadows questioned the independence of Ahmad and Weissmann, pointing out that both were involved in discussions with DOJ official Bruce Ohr as he transferred unverified anti-Trump dossier material from Fusion GPS into the FBI and DOJ.
After two years, no recusal, no admission of conflict of interest? How many more like Ahmad and Weissmann remain on the Mueller Team? Are we to assume Mueller knew nothing about their Bruce Ohr connection ?
In 2016 and 2017, Ohr kept top officials at both the FBI and Department of Justice apprised of his conversations with Christopher Steele, both before and after Steele was fired as an informant.
"The reason Ms. Ahmad might have left is the fact that the report is coming soon. We all kind of suspect that it is," Jordan told Fox News host Harris Faulkner. "It also might be a letter that Mr. Meadows and I sent to Attorney General Barr just 19 days ago, on March 1."
According to Jordan, Ohr told House investigators that he warned Ahmad and Weissmann in August 2016 that Steele was "desperate to stop Trump."
"We pointed it out. Maybe that had to do with them leaving him as well. I don't know," Jordan said.
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