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Daniel Keane

US attorney general appoints war crimes expert as special counsel for Donald Trump investigation

Ex-US president Donald Trump is under investigation

(Picture: PA Archive)

US attorney general Merrick Garland has named a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into former President Donald Trump.

The department is investigating the presence of classified documents at Mr Trump’s Florida estate and aspects of a separate probe involving the January 6 insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election.

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