Attorney General William Barr says he thinks 'spying did occur' on the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election
Attorney General William Barr told lawmakers Wednesday that he will be looking to the"genesis" of the the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into potential ties between members of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Russian government began in 2016, saying,"I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal" -- echoing some of the more inflammatory claims lobbed by President Donald Trump for months.
Barr returns to Capitol Hill, where he'll face more Mueller questions"I think spying did occur," Barr said."The question is whether it was . . . adequately predicated."The news will likely be viewed as a welcome development to the President, who has regularly called for an investigation and, as recently as last week, told reporters more should be done to examine the origins of the Russia probe.
— Donald J. Trump February 28, 2018 Barr said Tuesday he expected Horowitz's review will be completed in"May or June."
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