A majority of the prosecutors working on Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation are still on the team, according to the special counsel’s spokesman.
The special counsel had 16 attorneys “that were hired or on detail to our office,” spokesman Peter Carr confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
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Eleven members are still working on Mueller’s investigation, Carr said. That includes one of the most prominent members of the team, deputy special counsel Andrew Weissmann, who helped lead the prosecution of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Weissmann is leaving the team “in the near future,” Carr said last week.
MSNBC reported earlier Thursday that Carr told the network two attorneys departed the team last year and three others “left” but are still handling “matters assigned to them during their detail.”
The Justice Department and special counsel have been silent on when the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election will conclude. Speculation has been building for months that Mueller is close to wrapping up.
Sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News that they believe no more indictments are coming from Mueller. During the nearly two-year-long investigation, Mueller and his prosecutors have indicted 34 individuals and three Russian businesses. Those indictments have netted seven guilty pleas.
