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    At Justice Department, multiple investigations focus on Trump's pet peeves

    by Del Quentin Wilber, Los Angeles Times Oct 10, 2019 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is mired in 2016.

    Three separate Justice Department investigations are examining controversies left over from the last presidential race - the origins of the Russia probe, Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation, and court-approved surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser.

    Attorney General William Barr is closely supervising the case that is most politically fraught, involving the start of the Russia investigation. That has raised concerns that the nation's top law enforcement officer is chasing conspiracy theories championed by President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly challenged U.S. intelligence and law enforcement assessments that Moscow actively sought to assist his 2016 campaign.

    Current and former Justice Department officials say they are worried that Barr's involvement has hurt morale among career prosecutors at Justice and will erode confidence in

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