Posted on 05/16/2019 6:49:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
FULL TITLE: AG Bill Barr tells Fox News public must know if officials 'put their thumb on the scale' in Russia probe
In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Attorney General William Barr explained that he is trying to get to the bottom of whether or not “government officials abused their power and put their thumb on the scale” during the early stages of the Russia probe.
"I’ve been trying to get answers to the questions and I've found that a lot of the answers have been inadequate and some of the explanations I've gotten don't hang together, in a sense I have more questions today than when I first started," Barr told Fox News' Bill Hemmer in an interview set to air Friday on "America's Newsroom."
"What doesn't hang together?" Hemmer asked.
"Some of the explanations of what occurred," Barr said.
"Why does that matter?" asked Hemmer.
"People have to find out what the government was doing during that period. If we're worried about foreign influence, for the very same reason we should be worried about whether government officials abuse their power and put their thumb on the scale," Barr responded.
Barr added, "I'm not saying that happened but it's something we have to look at."
Hemmer conducted the interview with Barr in El Salvador, where he will address the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, MS-13, drug trafficking and human trafficking with officials.
On Monday, multiple outlets reported that Barr had appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham to examine the origins of the Russia investigation
A person familiar with the process told Fox News Tuesday that Durham has been working on his review “for weeks,” to probe "all intelligence collection activities" related to the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election.
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Whatever
Dummy
They rigged the Election and still lost. Trump beat all of them.
Delay, delay, delay.
And they think Trump will lose in 2020. LOL
That’s OK. As the truth continues to trickle out, the Dems will be exposed for the rot they are and in the meantime the clock ticks towards November 2020...
That fake basis for the FISA warrant could bring down a lot of people.
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Bar. needs to recuse himself for clear bias and interest. He is interested in getting to the bottom of this and has shown a strong basis for the truth as opposed to the democrats narrative. This kind of prejudice for clear facts is unacceptable. /s
I don’t have a problem with it if it is our thumb.
Thumb?
How about standing on it jumping up and down?
Lets be honest and frank here.
“Back to investigate, investigate, and more talk talk talk.”
This is very different from the Congressional hearings of the past that had no teeth. It’s different from the Deep State doing an “inquiry” into Hillary’s email server. It’s different than Sessions who recused himself from doing his job from the moment he was hired. It’s different from a team of angry Democrats investigating the Russiagate hoax.
This is a brand new attorney general who has the whole Democrat party in a panic for some reason.
We just went through two years of a fake investigation. I think Barr deserves more than a few weeks to conduct a lawful and legitimate one.
[This is a brand new attorney general who has the whole Democrat party in a panic for some reason.]
We need to know for certain if Al Capone illicitly ran booze.
I’d say they sat all their fat asses on the scale and bounced up and down.
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