Mystery surrounds Sessions appointee to FBI investigation

The following article by Katie Bo Williams was posted on the Hill website April 6, 2018:

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Questions surround the work of U.S. Attorney John Huber, who is playing a key role in one of the multiple investigations surrounding President Trumpand the Justice Department.

Known as a no-nonsense prosecutor whose primary experience is fighting violent crime, the U.S. attorney for Utah is an appointee of President Obama whose job was saved by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) when Trump asked state attorneys to resign so that he could field a new slate of professionals.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions quietly tapped Huber — apparently last fall — to work in tandem with the Justice Department’s inspector general to determine whether conservative allegations of abuse at the FBI and the Justice Department merit investigation.  Continue reading “Mystery surrounds Sessions appointee to FBI investigation”