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David Smith in Washington

Trump ally Stephen Miller at heart of FBI agent purge, new book reveals

Man folds arms in Oval Office
Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, in this April picture. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, was the driving force behind a purge of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents who had investigated Donald Trump, a new book reveals.

Miller trampled the independence of the FBI by demanding firings that would satisfy the US president’s desire for retribution, journalists Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis write in Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department.

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