Mueller will appear with lawyer who represented the Clinton aide who set up email server
by Jerry Dunleavy
| July 23, 2019 06:12 PM
Former special counsel Robert Mueller will be joined in his testimony in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees tomorrow by Aaron Zebley, his chief of staff during his nearly two-year investigation.
Zebley is also the former lawyer for the controversial IT aide to Hillary Clinton who set up her private email server and smashed some of her mobile devices with a hammer.
“Aaron Zebley was the Deputy Special Counsel and had day-to-day oversight of the investigations conducted by the Office,†a spokesman for the special counsel’s office said Tuesday afternoon. “He will accompany Special Counsel Mueller to the Wednesday hearings, as was discussed with the committees more than a week ago.â€
While there were conflicting reports about whether Zebley would end up serving as a witness alongside Mueller or if he’d be there as just as Mueller’s lawyer during the hearing, but Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, made it sound like Zebley would appear in both capacities.
“We would like to make sure that to the degree he participates, that it may be on technical issues or other matters,†the California Democrat said this evening. “We don’t want him as a substitute for Mueller’s voice.â€
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