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The top federal prosecutor in Connecticut is assisting Attorney General Bill Barr in his review of the genesis of the 2016 Russia investigation, according to a source familiar with the review.

US Attorney John Durham has been tapped to help Barr, but is not acting as a special counsel like Robert Mueller, the source said and will be looking at whether intelligence collection activities by the US government prior to election day were lawful.

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