Ex-Mueller Prosecutor to Lead DOJ’s Foreign Agent Crackdown (1)

A prosecutor who worked with Special Counsel Robert Mueller will lead a new Justice Department effort focused on sniffing out unregistered foreign agents.

Brandon Van Grack, who took part in the prosecution of Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was tapped to run a group of investigators looking for violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, Justice Department national security chief John Demers said March 6 at a legal conference in New Orleans.

The move is an outgrowth of the conclusion by U.S. authorities that Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election. Mueller has been investigating Russian ...