According to documents released by the Department of Justice on Tuesday, Barr was appointed and kept secret on October 19 not to interfere in the election.
He is prolonging Durham’s investigation, in which only one criminal case was filed against the FBI’s juvenile lawyer and no public report was made, and a chief investigator left the effort.
The appointment echoes the appointment of Special Adviser Robert Mueller, with whom President Donald Trump and President Barr have long expressed displeasure after examining Russian interference in Trump Trump’s 2016 campaign and began his work based on information gathered by the FBI and intelligence community. .
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