FBI/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not naming a new special counsel to investigate Republican-driven accusations against the FBI — at least for now. Instead, Sessions revealed Thursday [3-29-18]that Utah’s top federal prosecutor, John Huber, is looking into allegations that the FBI abused its powers in surveilling a former Trump campaign adviser, and claims that more should have been done to investigate Hillary Clinton’s ties to a Russian nuclear energy agency. Sessions’ decision to stop short of formally appointing a special counsel like Robert Mueller, detailed in a lengthy written response to three Republican chairmen on Capitol Hill, was not immediately condemned by those in the GOP who have recently ramped up calls to investigate claims of political bias at the nation’s top law enforcement agencies. And some top lawmakers even expressed encouragement for the move.”
–Laura Jarrett, “Sessions does not appoint second special counsel to review FBI misconduct claims,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Mar. 29, 2018 9:40pm