Andrew Weissmann
Prosecutor, law professor and author
Andrew Weissmann is an American attorney and law professor who was a lead prosecutor in Robert S. Mueller's Special Counsel's Office. He wrote the memoir Where Law Ends.
1 summary 23 min of listening
American Born 1958 in New York City, United States
About Andrew Weissmann
Weissmann worked as a federal prosecutor in New York's Eastern District, where he prosecuted members of the Colombo, Gambino and Genovese crime families. In 2002 he joined the Enron Task Force, first as deputy director and later as its director. He was general counsel to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) between 2011 and 2013. From 2015 he led the Fraud Section at the Department of Justice. From 2017 to 2019 he was a lead prosecutor in the Special Counsel's Office under Robert S. Mueller. His memoir about that investigation, Where Law Ends, was a New York Times bestseller. His teaching posts have included New York University School of Law, Fordham Law School and Brooklyn Law School. He also co-hosts the podcast Prosecuting Donald Trump.