Today's AP report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr believes the Russia investigation that shadowed President Donald Trump for the first two years of his administration was started without any basis and amounted to an effort to “sabotage the presidency,” he said in an interview with Fox News Channel that aired Thursday.
Barr offered no support for his assertion that the FBI lacked a basis for opening the investigation and made no mention of the fact that the bureau began its probe after a Trump campaign adviser purported to have early knowledge that Russia had dirt on Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
Barr, who has appointed a U.S. Attorney to lead an investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, said the Justice Department has evidence there was “something far more troubling” than just mistakes during the investigation that eventually morphed into special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
“I think the president has every right to be frustrated, because I think what happened to him was one of the greatest travesties in American history,” Barr said in the interview with Fox News Channel's Laura Ingraham.
The attorney general said the FBI launched its counterintelligence investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia “without any basis.”
“Even more concerning, actually, is what happened after the campaign, a whole pattern of events while he was president,” Barr said. “To sabotage the presidency, and I think that — or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency.”
The Justice Department's inspector general found the FBI was justified in opening an investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia — to protect against a national security threat — and found the bureau didn’t act with political bias.
Trump and his supporters are counting on different conclusions from the separate investigation led by John Durham, the U.S. attorney Barr selected to examine the early days of the Russia probe. Durham’s investigation is ongoing, and Barr did not provide any evidence about what Durham has found so far.
Mueller concluded that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election, but his investigation didn’t find sufficient evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia. Mueller also examined about a dozen possible instances of obstruction of justice and has pointedly said he could not exonerate the president.
The inspector general’s report identified significant problems with applications to receive and renew warrants to monitor the communications of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016 and 2017. Investigators were concerned about Page’s ties to Russia, but never charged him with any wrongdoing. Inspector General Michael Horowitz told senators the FBI failed to follow its own standards for accuracy and completeness when it sought warrants from the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor Page’s communications.
The report detailed 17 errors and omissions during those wiretap applications, including failing to tell the court when questions were raised about the reliability of some of the information it had presented to receive the warrants. Those mistakes prompted internal changes within the FBI and spurred a congressional debate over whether the bureau’s surveillance tools should be reined in.
But Barr believes they were more than just mistakes, offering a personal view of the probe, a highly unusual move for a prosecutor in an ongoing investigation.
“My own view is that the evidence shows that we’re not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness,” he said. “There is something far more troubling here, and we’re going to get to the bottom of it.
The FBI opened its investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia on July 31, 2016.
By that point, Russian hackers had broken into the Clinton campaign and other Democratic email accounts and George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, had boasted to a professor in London that he was aware that Russia had derogatory information on Clinton.
Though Trump and Barr have seized on errors made during the surveillance of Page, the investigation had already been underway for months by the time the first application was filed.
Oh yeah. Trumps govt has evidently just released the 4 hours of tapes where the perps were trying to coerce Papadopilous to say that team Trump was colluding with the Ruskies.
I think he is going to get into it tonight.
Funny how you irrational retards just don't get it.
It's worse than "Without Basis"...
It was started as a coup based on fuggin' lies.
Today's AP report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr believes the Russia investigation that shadowed President Donald Trump for the first two years of his administration was started without any basis and amounted to an effort to “sabotage the presidency,” he said in an interview with Fox News Channel that aired Thursday.
Barr offered no support for his assertion that the FBI lacked a basis for opening the investigation and made no mention of the fact that the bureau began its probe after a Trump campaign adviser purported to have early knowledge that Russia had dirt on Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
Barr, who has appointed a U.S. Attorney to lead an investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, said the Justice Department has evidence there was “something far more troubling” than just mistakes during the investigation that eventually morphed into special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
“I think the president has every right to be frustrated, because I think what happened to him was one of the greatest travesties in American history,” Barr said in the interview with Fox News Channel's Laura Ingraham.
The attorney general said the FBI launched its counterintelligence investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia “without any basis.”
“Even more concerning, actually, is what happened after the campaign, a whole pattern of events while he was president,” Barr said. “To sabotage the presidency, and I think that — or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency.”
The Justice Department's inspector general found the FBI was justified in opening an investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia — to protect against a national security threat — and found the bureau didn’t act with political bias.
Trump and his supporters are counting on different conclusions from the separate investigation led by John Durham, the U.S. attorney Barr selected to examine the early days of the Russia probe. Durham’s investigation is ongoing, and Barr did not provide any evidence about what Durham has found so far.
Mueller concluded that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election, but his investigation didn’t find sufficient evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia. Mueller also examined about a dozen possible instances of obstruction of justice and has pointedly said he could not exonerate the president.
The inspector general’s report identified significant problems with applications to receive and renew warrants to monitor the communications of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016 and 2017. Investigators were concerned about Page’s ties to Russia, but never charged him with any wrongdoing. Inspector General Michael Horowitz told senators the FBI failed to follow its own standards for accuracy and completeness when it sought warrants from the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor Page’s communications.
The report detailed 17 errors and omissions during those wiretap applications, including failing to tell the court when questions were raised about the reliability of some of the information it had presented to receive the warrants. Those mistakes prompted internal changes within the FBI and spurred a congressional debate over whether the bureau’s surveillance tools should be reined in.
But Barr believes they were more than just mistakes, offering a personal view of the probe, a highly unusual move for a prosecutor in an ongoing investigation.
“My own view is that the evidence shows that we’re not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness,” he said. “There is something far more troubling here, and we’re going to get to the bottom of it.
The FBI opened its investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia on July 31, 2016.
By that point, Russian hackers had broken into the Clinton campaign and other Democratic email accounts and George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, had boasted to a professor in London that he was aware that Russia had derogatory information on Clinton.
Though Trump and Barr have seized on errors made during the surveillance of Page, the investigation had already been underway for months by the time the first application was filed.
Are you not able to see the liberal slant to this article?
“Mueller not able to exonerate the President”
GMAFB
Funny how you irrational retards just don't get it.
What exactly don't I get? It's not like there's any new information here. We've known this for what? About 3 years now? When are some heads going to roll? When will anybody go to prison over this? I've got "news" for you (that we've known for at least 2 years) - NOBODY is going to prison over this! Not Hillary, not McCabe, not Comey, not Brennan, not even Strzok.
NOBODY IS GOING TO PRISON OVER THIS!
Funny how you irrational retards just don't get it.
What exactly don't I get? It's not like there's any new information here. We've known this for what? About 3 years now? When are some heads going to roll? When will anybody go to prison over this? I've got "news" for you (that we've known for at least 2 years) - NOBODY is going to prison over this! Not Hillary, not McCabe, not Comey, not Brennan, not even Strzok.
NOBODY IS GOING TO PRISON OVER THIS!
I don’t think that Barr will say much that involves specifics until after Durham’s investigations are complete. Barr is smarter than to prejudice any ongoing investigation.
I also believe that Durham’s investigations have led to offenses that will lead to prosecutions.
I’m somewhat encouraged by what we’ve seen so far.
It's worse than "Without Basis"...
It was started as a coup based on fuggin' lies.
PREZACTLY!!! Fuggin Traitorous Bastard! 😡😡😡
Barr is a smart man. Hopefully He gave this to the right guy. Durham’s investigation should open up a can of worms. If nobody goes to prison when it is all over and done with I will be surprised. This was an obvious coup to take down Trump. If the parties involved get off scott free that just means the dem's have a lot more power than I thought. scary thought.
Not to belabor the point but that FOX interview Barr was with Laura…
Today's AP report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr believes the Russia investigation that shadowed President Donald Trump for the first two years of his administration was started without any basis and amounted to an effort to “sabotage the presidency,” he said in an interview with Fox News Channel that aired Thursday.
Barr offered no support for his assertion that the FBI lacked a basis for opening the investigation and made no mention of the fact that the bureau began its probe after a Trump campaign adviser purported to have early knowledge that Russia had dirt on Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
Barr, who has appointed a U.S. Attorney to lead an investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, said the Justice Department has evidence there was “something far more troubling” than just mistakes during the investigation that eventually morphed into special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
“I think the president has every right to be frustrated, because I think what happened to him was one of the greatest travesties in American history,” Barr said in the interview with Fox News Channel's Laura Ingraham.
The attorney general said the FBI launched its counterintelligence investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia “without any basis.”
“Even more concerning, actually, is what happened after the campaign, a whole pattern of events while he was president,” Barr said. “To sabotage the presidency, and I think that — or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency.”
The Justice Department's inspector general found the FBI was justified in opening an investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia — to protect against a national security threat — and found the bureau didn’t act with political bias.
Trump and his supporters are counting on different conclusions from the separate investigation led by John Durham, the U.S. attorney Barr selected to examine the early days of the Russia probe. Durham’s investigation is ongoing, and Barr did not provide any evidence about what Durham has found so far.
Mueller concluded that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election, but his investigation didn’t find sufficient evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia. Mueller also examined about a dozen possible instances of obstruction of justice and has pointedly said he could not exonerate the president.
The inspector general’s report identified significant problems with applications to receive and renew warrants to monitor the communications of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016 and 2017. Investigators were concerned about Page’s ties to Russia, but never charged him with any wrongdoing. Inspector General Michael Horowitz told senators the FBI failed to follow its own standards for accuracy and completeness when it sought warrants from the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor Page’s communications.
The report detailed 17 errors and omissions during those wiretap applications, including failing to tell the court when questions were raised about the reliability of some of the information it had presented to receive the warrants. Those mistakes prompted internal changes within the FBI and spurred a congressional debate over whether the bureau’s surveillance tools should be reined in.
But Barr believes they were more than just mistakes, offering a personal view of the probe, a highly unusual move for a prosecutor in an ongoing investigation.
“My own view is that the evidence shows that we’re not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness,” he said. “There is something far more troubling here, and we’re going to get to the bottom of it.
The FBI opened its investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia on July 31, 2016.
By that point, Russian hackers had broken into the Clinton campaign and other Democratic email accounts and George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, had boasted to a professor in London that he was aware that Russia had derogatory information on Clinton.
Though Trump and Barr have seized on errors made during the surveillance of Page, the investigation had already been underway for months by the time the first application was filed.
Are you not able to see the liberal slant to this article?
“Mueller not able to exonerate the President”
GMAFB
Absolutely. Thank you, sir. Several other spots, too.
BTW- Journalism is DED.
AP = Agitating Propaganda.
That's nice.
What's he going to do about it?
It was based on a concoction engineered to screw America...
But we already know that..
I predict a big ol fancy report stating Trump got screwed, but nobody goes to jail. Same ol, same ol in Washington.
I wonder what "held accountable" means?
I'm sure it's different for everyone compared to what it SHOULD be.
IMO - something like this should be capital punishment and quickly.
I predict a big ol fancy report stating Trump got screwed, but nobody goes to jail. Same ol, same ol in Washington.
Barr has stated very recently , this is not about issuing a report..... this is about justice....
I predict a big ol fancy report stating Trump got screwed, but nobody goes to jail. Same ol, same ol in Washington.
Barr has stated very recently , this is not about issuing a report..... this is about justice....
Stating something, and putting the mf'ers in jail are two different things. We'll see. It would make me happier than sheit if it happens.
"No reasonable prosecutor’ would bring a case against ....."
AP (Associated Press) was once a reliable news source. They are now about as objective as CNN, MSNBC, NYT and the Washingon Post.
In other words, they're also in the tank for the Dimocraps and have been for some time.
Rockinbbar: I agree with your contention completely this is way beyond "without basis" this was a planned and nearly completed illegal coup!
Treasonous in fact.
GO TRUMP
MAGA
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
Rockinbbar: I agree with your contention completely this is way beyond "without basis" this was a planned and nearly completed illegal coup!
Treasonous in fact.
GO TRUMP
MAGA
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
Write Barr a bitch letter like you did Drudge and let me know what you get back.
These ash holes have worn me down to the don’t really give a damn point. It’s not legal to cut their heads off so what’s the point. Ed k
Barr says Russia probe was started 'without basis'
Barr, like Sessions says a lot of things, but does nothing.
He is a politician, like Sessions, not an Attorney General out for Justice.