FBI agent on Mueller probe says prosecutors rather than investigators drove decisions, according to an interview the Justice Department filed in its effort to dismiss the case against Michael Flynn
WASHINGTON—An FBI agent assigned to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation harbored reservations about the behavior of prosecutors on the team assigned to look into possible foreign collusion and obstruction of justice by Donald Trump and his associates.
William Barnett, a veteran agent who has been with the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1999, was interviewed by Justice Department investigators last week as part of the department’s after-action review, ordered by Attorney General William Barr, of the probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
In his interview, Mr. Barnett said he believed there was a “get Trump” attitude among some people in the special counsel’s office and that prosecutors, rather than FBI investigators, were driving most of the decisions.
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