But Mr. Mueller told colleagues that he had learned a management style decades earlier as a Marine platoon commander: You cannot make people do things that they are incapable of doing. Mr. Mueller was not the obvious choice to lead the San Francisco office during the Clinton administration. Mr. Mueller was tied to the wrong party, having served as a top Justice Department appointee of George Bush. But the San Francisco office was adrift, and career prosecutors at the Justice Department in Washington recommended Mr. Mueller for the job. Judge Patel said she also quietly recommended Mr. Mueller to top Justice Department officials.

Source: New York Times August 25, 2018 13:41 UTC