James Comey doesn't know 'what the heck' Barr meant about 'spying' on Trump campaign
Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday he doesn’t know “what the heck” Attorney General William Barr was “talking about” when Barr said he believed the Justice Department was “spying” on the Trump campaign in 2016.
But Comey also conceded that “language like this” — referring to the spying accusation — undercuts that presumption. “And because I don’t know what the heck he’s talking about, that’s all I can say,” he concluded, NBC News reported. “I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal,” said Barr. “I think spying did occur. But the question is whether it was ... adequately predicated.”
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