United States Attorney for Utah John Huber has been investigating whether the FBI abused its authority in surveilling a former top aide to then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and whether federal officials should have probed deeper into allegations of Hillary Clinton’s ties to the sale of U.S. uranium rights to a Russian-controlled company.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a letter to some congressional leaders Thursday that he appointed senior federal prosecutors — led by Huber — to review concerns raised by Republicans that the FBI ignored those issues while focusing on investigating the Trump campaign for possible collaboration with Russia.
Sessions said that the reviews by federal prosecutors like Huber mean there’s no need right now for appointment of a second special counsel, as Republican lawmakers had requested.