Washington (CNN) A former top lawyer on special counsel Robert Mueller's team writes in a new book that the group "could have done more" to hold President Donald Trump accountable, according to a forthcoming book obtained by The Washington Post. "As proud as I am of the work our team did — the unprecedented number of people we indicted and convicted and in record speed for any similar investigation — I know the hard answer to that simple question: We could have done more," Weissmann writes, according to the Post. CNN has not viewed a copy of the book. A representative for Mueller declined to comment. According to Weissmann, the special counsel feared prompting outrage from the President, and as a result, "we still do not know if there are other financial ties between the President and either the Russian government or Russian oligarchs."

Source: CNN September 22, 2020 02:03 UTC