Conservatives questioning the impartiality of Russia special counsel Robert Mueller got new ammunition this week, when CNN and The Hill reported that one of his newly enlisted deputies, Michael Dreeben, had donated hundreds of dollars to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Records of one 2006 donation listed his employment status as deputy solicitor general at the Justice Department, Dreeben's job at the time.

But there's a catch: It was the wrong Dreeben.

Michael W. Dreeben, a designer of high-end furniture in Chicago, confirmed this week that he—not Michael R. Dreeben, the top Washington, D.C., government lawyer—was behind the Democratic donations.