So - it might actually appear that Mueller has a member of his team that is in violation of Federal law?

One of the top attorneys working with special counsel Mueller in the Russia investigation attended Hillary’s election night party, reports the WSJ.

“Federal law prohibits the Justice Department—which includes the special counsel’s office—from using political or ideological affiliations to assess applicants for career positions in the agency. Employees are also allowed to express opinions on political subjects privately and publicly, as long as they aren’t in concert with a political party or candidate for office.”

I would believe that attending an election night Party crosses that line in regards to being in concert with a candidate for office. Of course, obviously this law isn't very well enforced (and who would enforce it anyways?)

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But the whole idea of an "Independent Special Counsel" is that it is actually independent of political party or political motive. We now have a Mueller team that:

• Has several members who were Hillary donors, possibly in violation of being in concert with a candidate for office?
• Had one member removed from the team and effectively demoted for showing blatant anti-Trump bias through text messaging.
• Had one who is under fire for making statements regarding her support of Sally Yates refusal to follow the President's directive. 
• Now has one who actually attended the Hillary Clinton election night party. 

So you can go ahead and argue that a great percentage of people in the Justice Department and prosecutors in the FBI are Democrats, so you take what you can get. But ultimately that's nothing more than a reason to "excuse" the partisan makeup of the Mueller team. As a matter of fundamental optics (and fundamental fairness) the team should include a fairly equal amount of people considered Democrat and people considered Republican, or better yet... find people who simply are not politically active either way. Just because it's not the path of least resistance, doesn't mean it's not the correct path.

Wouldn't we all feel better if the Special Counsel teams, the Justice Department, and the FBI were all truly a politics free zone?