Chris Collins was the official "conduit" between Congress and the transition team.

He was involved, among other things, in personnel matters -- in passing resumes on to the Trump team.

I wonder what he might know that could be useful to Robert Mueller.

http://fortune.com/2016/11/16/donald-trump-chris-collins-congress/

Collins said he suggested the role to Trump the day after the Nov. 8 elections. “I said I’m going to stay in Congress. But I think I can be a bit of a liaison, if you will, of members, kind of making sure the administration knows exactly what’s going on,” he told reporters.

Trump later mentioned the idea to Ryan, who asked Collins to do the job, according to Collins.

Collins seconded Ryan’s renomination to the speakership on Tuesday, calling the gesture “a sign of Trump’s support for Mr. Ryan.”

Analysts called the move unusual. “A new president generally relies on the leadership,” said Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute. “But it’s not a role with a great deal of power and it’s not the same as being a conduit once Trump is president and working on policy.”

PLEASE NOTE: THE ARTICLE BELOW IS A 2016 PIECE FROM THE DAILY CALLER, A RIGHT-WING SITE -- BUT I THINK IT HAS SOME INTERESTING INFO, IN LIGHT OF CURRENT EVENTS.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/02/rep-chris-collins-becomes-most-popular-member-on-house-floor/

WASHINGTON — New York Republican Rep. Chris Collins is the most wanted man on the House floor these days. According to one Capitol Hill source, members of Congress are in a flurry during votes looking for the man who is in charge of collecting resumes from his colleagues who are interested in working for the incoming Trump administration.

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Nevertheless, as the first endorser, Collins appears to be well on his way to be handsomely rewarded for his loyalty to Trump. House Speaker Paul Ryan named Collins the Congressional Liaison to the transition team following discussions the New York congressman had with President-elect Trump and with Speaker Ryan.

Additionally, Collins is also on the executive committee of the transition team as a conduit between members and the transition team in regards to personnel.

“A lot of these members are more than qualified for a cabinet position, cabinet secretary, undersecretary, etce. …and so his job is to get those resumes an take them to the right people to the Trump transition team,” one congressional aide told the Daily Caller. “And it’s not just for members. Right now they’re obviously focused on members only requests, basically. Obviously, the Trump administration is hiring. Eventually, it will be for undersecretaries, staffers—for people in their district that are interested in working for the administration.”