E. W. Priestap
Edward William Priestap, also known as Bill Priestap is an American attorney and intelligence official. He was the assistant director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division from 2015 to 2018.Education
Priestap earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Hillsdale College in 1991, a master's degree in educational administration from Norwich University, a J.D. and a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Detroit-Mercy.Career
Priestap joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1998, and he was appointed as assistant director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division in 2015. In this role, he notably decided to open the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the Trump campaign's potential collusion with Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Priestap was involved with the investigations into Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
Priestap retired from the FBI in April 2019.Personal life
Priestap is married to Sabina Menschel, the current head of the Washington, D.C., office of Nardello & Co, a detective agency. Menschel's father, Richard Menschel, is a Goldman Sachs investment banker, philanthropist and political donor, as is her uncle Robert Menschel. His mother-in-law, Ronay A. Menschel, was a deputy mayor of New York City under Ed Koch.
