Washington — US attorney-general William Barr has appointed Connecticut’s top federal prosecutor to review the steps the US department of justice took in launching an investigation into whether US President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia, according to a person familiar with the matter. Barr’s decision to tap John Durham, the US attorney for the district of Connecticut, marks at least the third ongoing inquiry into whether the FBI made missteps when it applied to a special federal court for a warrant to conduct surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Justice department inspector-general Michael Horowitz has been conducting a similar inquiry, and is due to release his findings as soon as this month. In addition, former attorney-general Jeff Sessions assigned Utah’s top federal prosecutor, John Huber, to conduct a review o determine whether it was necessary to hire another special counsel. The status of Huber’s review is not yet known. Barr has previous...
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