Prominent Democrats in Congress are raising an alarm about reports that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the origins of the investigation of possible collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. Of course, President Trump long ago concluded that the Russia investigation, eventually supervised by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, was a hoax and a witch hunt. AdvertisementFirst there was the letter Barr sent to the House and Senate Judiciary committees in March purporting to summarize the conclusions of Mueller’s investigation. John Durham, a veteran prosecutor who is widely respected and can’t be dismissed as a Trump toady. AdvertisementFinally, as some commentators speculate, it’s possible that the alleged criminal activity here concerns leaks, not illegality in the Russia investigation itself.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 25, 2019 18:22 UTC