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Bruce Ohr raised ‘possible ethics concerns’ with DOJ lawyer

By Daniel Chaitin
Published April 30, 2019 7:15pm ET
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Bruce Ohr raised ‘possible ethics concerns’ with DOJ lawyer
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, Justice Department official Bruce Ohr arrives for a closed hearing of the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans on Friday, March 8, 2019, released the transcript of an interview with Ohr, a Justice Department official linked to the early days of the Russia investigation, renewing efforts to raise questions about the origins of the special counsel’s probe and pushing back on the sweeping new investigations Democrats have launched into President Donald Trump. | (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Justice Department official Bruce Ohr brought up “possible ethics concerns” ahead of his testimony before Congress last year.

An email exchange between Ohr and a Justice Department ethics lawyer in January 2018 was obtained by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch.

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