Barr says review of Russia investigation raising more questions, calls Pelosi claim(trunc)

ABC News via Yahoo ^ | May 17th, 2019 | LUKE BARR

[Mariner]

In his first television interview, Attorney General William Barr said his initial review of the origins of the Russia probe has produced more questions than adequate answers.

"It wasn't handled in the ordinary way that investigations or counter intelligence activities are conducted. It was sort of an ad hoc small group. Most of these people are no longer with the FBI or the CIA, or the other agencies involved," Barr told Fox News' Bill Hemmer in the interview that aired Friday morning.

The attorney general said that he wouldn't "speculate" if there was "spying" on the Trump campaign as President Donald Trump, who nominated him, has said repeatedly, including in a tweet Friday morning.

Barr told Congress last month he believed "spying did occur."

"I don't want to speculate," Barr said. "What I will say is I've been trying to get answers to questions and I found that a lot of the answers have been inadequate and I have also found that some of the explanations I've gotten don't hang together. In a sense I have more questions today than I did when I first started," he continued.

[the_Watchman]

Obama giving the OK would actually be unfortunate in that he would have probably given all directions orally without a written record. What would be ideal would be for Loretta Lynch to have sent an email with an added comment such as: “make sure this happens in time for the Trump Tower meeting”. Of course, I’m just dreaming that it would be that clear cut.