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Too Close For Comfort: Insiders Worry About DOJ Lawyers Speaking At White House

Recent appearances by the attorney general and a U.S. attorney at the White House podium have some current and former Justice Department officials worrying about law enforcement independence.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks during the daily White House press briefing on March 27.

John Huber is a career prosecutor in Utah who's served in both Democratic and Republican administrations. This month, the Trump White House nominated him to serve as a U.S. attorney in that state.

But it came as something of a surprise to current and former Justice Department veterans Wednesday when Huber appeared for a news conference in Washington: not in the halls of

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