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He scaled the echelons of the justice department, but left for the private sector before President Barack Obama appointed him to run the FBI in 2013.

The campaign has been embraced by some in the upper echelons of power.

The report also exposes bullying behaviour among the highest echelons of the legal field.

It said this was in "accordance with the situational assessment and directives of the political echelon".

The highly choreographed parade will see tens of thousands of military personnel march in formation through Tiananmen Square, including troops from 45 of the so-called echelons of China's military as well as war veterans.