Attorney General William Barr does not expect Barack Obama or Joe Biden to face criminal investigations related to the Russia probe, saying “Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others.'
to a formal criminal investigation, seeks to determine whether there was impropriety in the FBI's investigation into whether Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 White House race in Trump's favor.
"Under the longstanding standards of the department, criminal charges are appropriate only when we have enough evidence to prove each element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. That is the standard we're applying," Barr said in response to a question about whether the department would investigate Obama and Biden."There's a difference between an abuse of power and a federal crime.
Barr said the investigation into the underpinnings of the Russia investigation will not be a"tit-for-tat exercise." When asked if the Justice Department would investigate Obama or Biden, Barr said the DOJ would not be used for"partisan political ends." The attorney general's comments come as President Trump has promoted a conspiracy theory he has dubbed"Obamagate," in which he and his allies push the unfounded allegation that toward the end of his presidency, Obama engaged in various crimes to thwart Trump's political success, including spying on the Republican's campaign and wiretapping him.
Trump recently expanded the claim to imply that the Obama administration, through some malpractice, had set up former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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