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WASHINGTON, USA — A United States Justice Department attorney who has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire has been grilled for more than seven hours by congressional Republicans over his role in aiding the department’s investigation of Russian ties with Trump’s 2016 election campaign.

Bruce Ohr was grilled behind closed doors on August 28 by two Republican-led committees of the House of Representatives that are looking into what triggered the department’s investigation in the months before the November presidential election.

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