Trump-Russia: what we know about the Durham investigation of an investigation
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6BR8N)
William Barr asked special counsel in 2019 to investigate the FBI investigation into Trump's ties to Russia in 2016
In May 2019, the then US attorney general in the Trump administration, William Barr, asked federal prosecutor John Durham, the US attorney in Connecticut, to investigate an investigation: the one carried out into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election and links between Donald Trump and Moscow.
Durham had a background in investigating corruption on either side of the political aisle, and for attorneys general from both parties.
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