fficials — including political leadership — had pushed back vigorously and thought they had dissuaded the attorney general from taking such a step." Richard Pilger, DOJ's head of the department's election crimes branch, "told colleagues he was stepping down from that job to a lesser position at the department,

fficials - including political leadership - had pushed back vigorously and thought they had dissuaded the attorney general from taking such a step." Richard Pilger, DOJ's head of the department's election crimes branch, "told colleagues he was stepping down from that job to a lesser position at the department,

cerns about "unambiguous concealment" of Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign payments to Fusion GPS, and asserting that DOJ officials Richard Pilger and J.P. Cooney shut down the inquiry. According to the article, the FBI agent told a supervisor that Pilger used veiled threats "intended to have a

fficials - including political leadership - had pushed back vigorously and thought they had dissuaded the attorney general from taking such a step." Richard Pilger, DOJ's head of the department's election crimes branch, "told colleagues he was stepping down from that job to a lesser position at the department,