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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Aram Roston and agencies

Trump ally resigns from post leading inquiry into alleged conspiracy against president

Donald Trump smiles and salutes.
Donald Trump after he was sworn in as president on 20 January 2017, after an election a special counsel concluded Russia had interfered in. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

A longtime ally of Donald Trump resigned from his post leading a Department of Justice investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president.

“Sometimes people want things done faster and that’s all you can do,” Joe diGenova told the Guardian on Thursday. He appeared to be referring to concerns among other Trump loyalists that the president’s retribution cases were not moving quickly enough.

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