Special Counsel Robert Mueller has added a 17th lawyer to his team – a veteran prosecutor with expertise in cyber crimes and fraud.
Ryan Dickey, who has worked for the Justice Department for several years, was added to the team in November, Mueller spokesman Peter Carr confirmed to ABC News. He recently served in the criminal division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
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In 2016, Dickey helped prosecute the Romanian hacker known as “Guccifer,” who pleaded guilty to hacking into the emails and social media accounts of numerous high-profile victims.
Dickey’s addition is particularly notable because he is the first publicly known member of the team specializing solely in cyber issues. The others’ expertise is mainly in a variety of white-collar crimes, including fraud, money laundering and public corruption, though Mueller also has appellate specialists and one of the government’s foremost experts in criminal law.
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Legal analysts have said that one charge Mueller might pursue would be a conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, if he can demonstrate that members of Trump’s team conspired in Russia’s hacking effort to influence the election.
Some in the legal world had wondered why Mueller had not previously tapped a cyber prosecutor to join his team.
Mueller adds veteran cyber prosecutor to special-counsel team (WaPo)
Cyber veteran joins Special Counsel Mueller’s team (ABC News)