According to a report, attorney general Bill Barr assigned a rare outside prosecutor to review former national security advisor Michael Flynn’s criminal case by lisettevoytko
New York Times
reported Friday that attorney general Bill Barr assigned a rare outside prosecutor to review former national security advisor Michael Flynn’s criminal case, as Barr seems to be trying to show his political independence after long being criticized as President Trump’s sycophant.Barr has assigned additional outside prosecutors to review other politically sensitive cases, but it’s unclear what those cases are.
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