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U.S. Attorney General William Barr has recruited a large number of federal prosecutors across the country to analyze investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election and to look at similar allegations arising from Ukraine. Writes about this Fox News.

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Barr has appointed Jeff Jensen, Missouri Eastern District Attorney, to hear the case of former Presidential National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. The Department of Justice said Jensen will work hand in hand with Brandon Van Grack, the lead prosecutor in the case.

The Flynn case went through years of complex investigations, and sentences were repeatedly adjourned over the past two years. Flynn's supporters insisted he was innocent, but he was forced to plead guilty when his son was threatened with prosecution, and he ran out of financial resources.

Flynn pleaded guilty to the FBI's false testimony about his contacts with former Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak as part of an investigation conducted by former special prosecutor Robert Muller about Russia's interference in US elections.

Jensen's appointment came after Flynn and his lawyer Sidney Powell withdrew their guilty pleas, citing "government bad faith, revenge, and violation of the guilty plea agreement."

A plea request appeared a few days after the Department of Justice changed its mind and announced its intention to petition Flynn for six months in prison, claiming that he did not fully cooperate with the investigation or did not take responsibility for his actions. The Department of Justice later quashed the decision.

The announcement of Jensen's appointment comes at the end of a dramatic week at the Justice Department involving another Trump associate, Roger Stone.

Federal prosecutors recommended sentencing Stone to a prison term of 87 to 108 months after he was convicted on seven counts of obstructing the investigation, inciting witnesses and giving false testimony to Congress during Mueller’s investigation.

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Soon, however, the Department of Justice canceled his sentence of punishment for Stone, which immediately led the Democrats to accuse Trump of interfering in the investigative process. Barr, nevertheless, spoke out for the independence of the department, and urged Trump to stop writing posts about this topic, saying that he makes the work of the US Attorney General "impossible."

“I think it’s time to stop tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases,” Barr said. “I am not going to be bullied or influenced by anyone ... be it Congress, a newspaper editor or the president.”

He added: "I will do what I think is right."

Barr said he can “assure the courts, prosecutors and the department that we are honestly doing our job.”

However, Barr's attempt to intervene in Stone's sentence led the prosecution to dismiss the case. US Assistant Attorney in Washington, DC Jonathan Kravis resigned. Another prosecutor, Aaron Zelinsky, also filed a notice saying that he would leave his post as special prosecutor at the US Attorney’s office in Washington, although he would remain Assistant US Attorney in Baltimore.

Then the prosecutor Adam Jed also refused to participate in the case. Michael Marando later announced that he would also not work on this case.

After Barr intervenes in the Stone case and his appointment to consider the Flynn case, More than 1100 Department of Justice officials signed an online petition urging him to resign from the post of Attorney General.

Barr, meanwhile, brought in several other federal prosecutors to investigate the Department of Justice.

Barr confirmed that the agency is considering information about Ukraine coming to the Department from President Rudi Giuliani's personal lawyer.

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This comes after the president was acquitted of charges - abuse of power and obstruction of Congress - stemming from the Ukraine controversy.

Giuliani focused for several months on circumstances surrounding Hunter Biden (son of former US Vice President Joe Biden) on the board of directors of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings and the role of his father Joe Biden in this process. Trump’s impeachment focused mainly on the allegation that the head of the US was trying to put pressure on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to investigate this issue.

Barr also appointed Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham to review the events leading up to the 2016 presidential election and Trump's inauguration in January 2017. But Durham has since expanded his investigation to cover the post-election period, including the spring of 2017, when Müller was appointed special prosecutor.

Durham talked to CIA officials and other officials throughout the intelligence community. Former CIA Director John Brennan said Durham plans to interview him and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Retired General Flynn was forced to leave from the post of adviser to Trump after it turned out that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence regarding his contacts with the Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak.
• Michael Flynn was charged with FBI false testimony.
• Flynn expressed willingness to collaborate with Congressional investigatorswho deal with the issue of contacts between Trump's campaign headquarters and Russia, provided that he is granted immunity.

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