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Barr Names New US Attorney in DC

Associated Press

   Attorney General William Barr on Thursday named Timothy Shea, one of
   his closest advisers, to be the next top prosecutor in the nation's
   capital.

   Shea will lead the largest U.S. attorney's office in the country, which
   has been historically responsible for some of the most significant and
   politically sensitive cases the Justice Department brings in the U.S.

   He is a senior counselor to the attorney general and was Barr's
   right-hand man helping institute reforms at the federal Bureau of
   Prisons after Jeffrey Epstein's death at the Metropolitan Correctional
   Center in New York City.

   As the U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia, Shea would oversee
   some of the lingering cases from special counsel Robert Mueller's
   Russia investigation, along with a number of politically charged
   investigations. The office is also generally responsible for handling
   potential prosecutions if Congress finds a witness in contempt.

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