Barr Has Reportedly Assigned U.S. Attorney to Look at Origins of Russia Probe
Attorney General Bill Barr indicated he was going to look into the origins of the Russia investigation, and it appears he’s now taking concrete steps to do so.
Per the New York Times, Barr has assigned U.S. Attorney John Durham to the job:
John H. Durham, the United States attorney in Connecticut, has a history of serving as a special prosecutor investigating potential wrongdoing among national security officials, including the F.B.I.’s ties to a crime boss in Boston and accusations of C.I.A. abuses of detainees.
[link:https://www.mediaite.com/news/barr-has-reportedly-assigned-u-s-attorney-to-look-at-origins-of-russia-probe/|
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Edit to add from Alternet:
The Times noted that this is the third Justice Department investigation of the investigation. A U.S. Attorney in Utah and Inspector General Michael Horowitz have also examined the probe. And under former Chair Devin Nunes, the House Intelligence Committee extensively pored over the probe for hints of wrongdoing, and while he found evidence that he was able to twist for partisan benefit, there was no sign of actual misconduct by the investigators.
But whatever the new investigation finds, it certainly proves one thing: Trump has succeeded in turning the Justice Department into a political weapon.
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[link:https://www.alternet.org/2019/05/new-report-confirms-that-trump-has-succeeded-in-weaponizing-the-justice-department/|
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