Schiff suggests Biden’s attorney general could end Durham’s special counsel investigation

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Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff floated the idea that President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for attorney general could, and perhaps should, end special counsel John Durham’s inquiry into the Trump-Russia investigators just hours after Attorney General William Barr made the appointment public.

Schiff, who prioritized protecting special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Trump’s attorneys general, nevertheless repeatedly suggested that Biden’s yet-to-be-named chief law enforcement officer could end the Durham investigation.

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