Mueller deputy praised DOJ official after she defied Trump travel ban order: 'I am so proud'

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The number two man on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe praised outgoing acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she was fired in January by President Trump for refusing to defend his travel ban.

Fox News reports, on his work email, Andrew Weissmann wrote to Yates, “I am so proud and in awe. Thank you so much. All my deepest respects.”

The disclosure follows confirmation that another Mueller investigator, FBI official Peter Strzok was fired over the summer after allegedly sending anti-Trump texts to an FBI lawyer with whom he was romantically involved.

His and Weissmann’s actions point to concerns about the objectivity of the FBI probes into both Hillary Clinton’s email setup and Russia meddling.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called the new Weissmann document an “astonishing and disturbing find.”

Corrie O'Connor