...In 2015, he became the chief of the criminal fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice.
....He has been a Barack Obama supporter and is a heavy donor to Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential campaign.
....In October 2017, he was one of the first appointments of special counsel Robert Muellers team of prosecutors to investigate potential ties between Russia and Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign.
..... He took a furlough as the head of the Justice Departments criminal fraud unit to be part of Robert Muellers team.
Last I looked, the DOJ and FBI report up to the executive branch