The move was part of a larger Justice Department effort–led by AG Barr–to investigate the Mueller probe.
, the White House restricted access to call’s transcript to a small group of aides, an unusual move reminiscent of the administration’s handling of the Ukraine call at the center of impeachment talks.
Trump has claimed that the Mueller investigation was a Deep State conspiracy designed to undermine him and his victory in 2016, repeating calls to “investigate the investigators.” “As the Department of Justice has previously announced, a team led by U.S. Attorney John Durham is investigating the origins of the U.S. counterintelligence probe of the Trump 2016 presidential campaign. Mr. Durham is gathering information from numerous sources, including a number of foreign countries. At Attorney General Barr’s request, the President has contacted other countries to ask them to introduce the Attorney General and Mr.
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