https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fbi-hires-new-top-lawyer-as-it-deals-with-russia-investigation-controversies
The FBI has hired a new top lawyer as it contends with fallout from the Russia investigation.
Director Christopher Wray picked Jason Jones, a partner at law firm King & Spalding LLP, to come on as general counsel, an FBI representative confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
He will start in August, according to an internal letter obtained by the Wall Street Journal. Wray and Jones previously worked together at King & Spalding LLP. Two recent deputy attorneys general, Sally Yates and Rod Rosenstein, rejoined the law firm after leaving the Justice Department.
Jones is replacing Dana Boente, who faced criticism by Republicans for his role in the Russia investigation. Boente agreed to resign under pressure in late May and left the bureau at the end of June.
Jones, a former federal prosecutor, is joining the bureau as it cooperates with U.S. Attorney John Durham's criminal investigation into the Russia investigation and conducts a review of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications after the Justice Department watchdog found several “significant errors and omissions” in the surveillance of Trump campaign associate Carter Page.