Brian Lair on WNYC, with the passing announced this weekend of former FBI director and

Vietnam veteran Robert Mueller, best known in his later years as leading the so-called Mueller

investigation of the first Trump presidential campaign's involvement with Russia, also known

as the Russia investigation, will get some thoughts now from a lead prosecutor on Mueller's

investigating team. After that investigation, Andrew Reisman wrote the best-selling book called

Where Law Ends

inside the Mueller investigation. In that book, Weissman was fairly critical of Mueller,

largely for being too cautious in that probe, leading to conclusions that may have been

too much of letting Trump off the hook. Andrew Weissman has also been General Counsel for the FBI

under Mueller, co-hosts the MS Now podcast called Main Justice, and has a new book coming out

in May called Liar's Kingdom, How to Stop Trump Deceit and Save America. Andrew, we appreciate

that you're giving us some time today. Welcome back to WNYC. Nice to be here, Brian. Before we get to the Mueller investigation and his legacy around that,

would you like to eulogize the man a little more broadly first? You knew him for a long time,

and before he became a household name in relation to Donald Trump?

Sure. Well, I think people know that he devoted his life to public service. As you noted, he was in their Marines and was a decorated Marine. He has somebody who volunteered to be in the military

after growing up in a very well-to-do

background, having gone to Princeton and then chose to serve his country.

And he then chose to serve his country throughout his life, dedicating his time to not

being in private practice, but to serving all of us from beginning to

end.

And one thing I think is worth noting is a lot of people have said that with his passing,

that he's sort of a dying breed in terms of somebody who lives such an upright life and a man of principle.

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