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Prosecutor Looking Into Origins of Russia Probe Resigns

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - A federal prosecutor who was helping lead the
   investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has resigned
   from the Justice Department, a spokesman said.

   Nora Dannehy was a top prosecutor on a team led by U.S. Attorney John
   Durham of Connecticut, who was appointed last year to lead an
   investigation into how the FBI and other federal agencies set out to
   investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and
   whether the Trump campaign had coordinated with the Kremlin.

   A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Connecticut on Friday
   confirmed Dannehy's departure, which was first reported by The Hartford
   Courant, but the spokesman declined to comment further.

   Her departure could complicate the final stretch of an investigation
   already slowed by the coronavirus pandemic but eagerly anticipated by
   President Donald Trump and his supporters to uncover what they see as
   wrongdoing within the FBI during the Russia investigation. It leaves
   the investigative team without one of its veteran prosecutors as key
   decisions presumably await before the probe wraps up.

   After Mueller report

   Durham's appointment by Attorney General William Barr was made public
   soon after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report into
   Russian election interference. In the year and a half since, he has
   questioned former law enforcement and intelligence officials -- former
   CIA Director John Brennan among them -- about decisions made during the
   course of the Russia probe. Dannehy had been a top leader on the team,
   present for interviews with such officials, including Brennan.

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