China News Service, December 2nd. According to the "Central News Agency" report, the US Department of Justice stated on December 1 that it had appointed a special prosecutor to continue to conduct a reverse investigation on Russia's alleged intervention in the US election's "Tong-Rumen" case. .
According to reports, Attorney General Barr appointed federal prosecutor Durham to investigate the "Tong-Rumen" case. The subjects of investigation may include former FBI Director Comey and former special prosecutor Miller.
On October 19, Barr made this appointment, but reports pointed out that perhaps it was due to consideration that the US presidential election was approaching at the time, and the appointment was shelved until now.
Data map: US Attorney General William Barr.
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Prior to this, President Trump has always advocated the "Russian Gate" investigation for the purpose of pursuing political "witch hunts" aimed at undermining his government.
In April 2019, Barr appointed Durham to investigate related allegations.
At present, there is only one case of related allegations, namely, the former FBI attorney admitted to tampering with an email, providing reasons for investigators to apply to wiretap Trump's former campaign adviser Page.
According to reports, the appointment of Durham as the special prosecutor by the US Department of Justice this time allows him to remain unaffected in his investigation status in 2021.
According to regulations, special prosecutors can only be dismissed by the Minister of Justice, and only for specific reasons, such as misconduct, negligence, conflict of interest, or other violations of Ministry of Justice policy.
The Attorney General must allow these reasons to be recorded in writing.
The report pointed out that, according to Barr's order, the focus of the Durham investigation will still be the FBI's "firefighting hurricane" operation launched in July 2016, and the "Russian Gate" investigation launched by Miller in May 2017.
Operation "Hurricane Crossfire" was an early investigation by the FBI on the relationship between the Trump campaign and Russia from 2016 to 2017, and the results of the investigation were handed over to Miller, who presided over the "Russia" investigation.
In May 2017, the Justice Department appointed Miller to investigate the Trump campaign’s alleged involvement in Russia and judicial interference during the 2016 election.
Miller completed the investigation in March 2019 and believed that the Trump campaign did not "communicate with Russia" during the election, but did not reach a clear conclusion on Trump's alleged "obstruction of justice" issue.
In May 2019, Miller announced that he would leave the Ministry of Justice and close the special prosecutor's office.
The Russian government has repeatedly denied interfering in the 2016 US presidential election.