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WASHINGTON —William Barr, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general to replace Jeff Sessions, reveals in prepared remarks released a day before his Senate confirmation hearing that he would not allow politics or other outside influences to interfere with Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 …

Jailed Russian national Maria Butina has reached a deal with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to violate a prohibition on undeclared foreign agents, ABC and the Daily Beast report. In a version of the plea document to be filed with the court, Butina reportedly will …