Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to appoint a U.S. attorney to investigate claims of FBI misconduct raises more questions than it answers, The Hill reports.
John Huber was revealed on last Thursday to by the US Attorney working with the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate allegations that the FBI abused its authority. Sessions' office provided few details about his mission, other than to note that his appointment should appease Republican legislators who had been calling for a second special counsel.
"If there's a means to justify John Huber and it's being touted as a special prosecutor, then why not appoint a special prosecutor?" Brett Tolman, former U.S. attorney for Utah before Huber, asked the Hill.
"And if there's not, then why not let the [inspector general] handle this, which is the traditional and historical avenue for dealing with investigation of DOJ and the FBI?"
Former federal Judge Paul Cassell, however, sees Huber as "an inspired choice."
"However, this thing comes out, one side or the other will be convinced that the fix was in. You need to find somebody that has respect from both parties and someone who is outside the ordinary political process," he added.
"This is not some kind of a feel-good exercise. I think this a serious request to a serious prosecutor to take a serious look at this situation and give his assessment of it."
Huber, who has served as a prosecutor in Utah for multiple administrations both Democratic and Republican, raised eyebrows when he appeared at a White House press briefing on the president's immigration agenda last year, with one former Obama administration justice official accusing the president of "blurring the lines between the White House and law enforcement," according to NPR.
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