Former Attorney General William Barr sounded off on 'The Story' on Thursday over comments made by Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin about an exercise run out of Pittsburgh.
Former Attorney General William Barr sounds off on 'The Story'
Barr told"The Story" that a project being run out of the U.S. Attorney's office in Pittsburgh was not a standard probe, but a"clearinghouse" exercise, where evidence could be sent to one prosecutor — in this case, now-former Trump appointee Scott Brady — to be screened for veracity or relevance, rather than having multiple geographically disparate prosecutors attending to the same case.
In recent public remarks, Raskin said the FBI complied with the committee majority's demand they view a document purported to depict the bribery scheme,and that he learned through that meeting that Barr designated the Pittsburgh federal prosecutor's office to look into all allegations — while also mentioning former New York City Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani"surfac[ing]" some of the allegations.
"We also wanted to protect the integrity of the investigations that were going on," Barr said."So this was a screening, a clearinghouse function to check evidence out before sending it to the ongoing investigations."
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