Attorney General William Barr stands behind his use of 'spying' to describe surveillance of President Trump's 2016 campaign, telling lawmakers his use of the word during a hearing last month was done 'off the cuff' and that he wasn't using it pejoratively
Washington Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his use of the word"spying" to describe surveillance of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, telling lawmakers his use of the word during a hearing last month was done"off the cuff" and that he wasn't using it pejoratively.
"I'm not going to abjure the use of the word 'spying.' I think, you know, my first job was in CIA. And I don't think the word 'spying' has any pejorative connotation at all," Barr said, responding to a question from Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• CNN found 77 instances of lies and false assertions in Mueller's report. Trump told the greatest number• What Trump associates told the public vs. what they told MuellerBarr said the Department of Justice did a review of press usage of the term and found that it was commonly used in the media, including when referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court as the"spy court.
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