Records from the Department of Justice in response to American Oversight’s request for Attorney General William Barr’s order directing U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate sensitive issues related to investigations of the president and the Trump campaign.

These records contain a letter signed by Barr appointing Durham as Special Attorney to the Attorney General in order to conduct a review into “certain activities involving the campaigns in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and certain related matters.” The letter is dated February 6, 2020.