Why would Mueller need to hire so many prosecutors if he has nothing to prosecute?
According to NPR here are some of the attorney's special counsel Mueller has hired:
>Zainab Ahmad, a top national security prosecutor on detail from U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York.
>Rush Atkinson, an attorney on detail from the Criminal Division's Fraud Section at the Department of Justice.
>Michael Dreeben, an appellate attorney on detail from the Office of the Solicitor General, described by former colleagues as one of the brightest criminal law experts of the past two generations.
>Andrew Goldstein, a public corruption prosecutor on detail from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York.
>Adam Jed, an appellate attorney on detail from DOJ's Civil Division.
>Lisa Page, an attorney on detail from the FBI's Office of the General Counsel and a former trial attorney with the Criminal Division's Organized Crime and Gang Section.
>Elizabeth Prelogar, an appellate attorney on detail from the Office of the Solicitor General.
>James Quarles, a former partner at WilmerHale and a former assistant special prosecutor for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.
>Jeannie Rhee, a former partner at WilmerHale who has served in the Office of Legal Counsel at DOJ and as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
>Brandon Van Grack, an attorney on detail from the Justice Department's National Security Division.
>Andrew Weissmann, who is on detail from the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and who has served as general counsel at the FBI and as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
>Aaron Zebley, a former partner at WilmerHale who has previously served with Mueller at the FBI and has served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.
>Aaron Zelinsky, an attorney on detail from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Maryland.
