Barr Sends Democrats Into a Frenzy With FBI Probe Announcement

[Deplorable Redneck]

During Tuesday’s hearing featuring Attorney General William Barr
the AG dropped a bombshell that has sent Democrats into a frenzy.

Barr is opening an investigation of the Obama era abuses that
led to the investigation and surveillance of the Trump campaign
over the course of the 2016 campaign. as The Hill reports.

Although it didn’t happen on his watch, Barr told Congress he
will investigate how the FBI came to conduct a
counterintelligence investigation against Donald Trump, then the
Republican nominee for president, starting in the summer of 2016.

We have known for more than a year now that Department of
Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz has been
investigating whether the FBI or DOJ abused the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to secure a warrant to spy
on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page less than three weeks from
Election Day 2016.

But Barr made clear Tuesday that his review is distinct and more
far-ranging than IG Horowitz’s investigation. It goes back to
the moment when a probe code-named Crossfire Hurricane was
opened on July 31, 2016, by Trump-hating FBI counterintelligence
agent Peter Strzok.

Washington Examiner
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@dcexaminer
How did this all start?

Barr said he is "reviewing the conduct" of people at the FBI.
@LindseyGrahamSC says there will be continued investigations
into the origins of Mueller’s probe. https://washex.am/2Uqnsf5

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Attorney General William Barr appears before a House
Appropriations subcommittee, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 9,
2019.
Barr reviewing 'conduct' of Trump-Russia investigation that
began in summer 2016
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday he is "reviewing the
conduct" of the FBI's initial investigation into the Trump
campaign in the summer of 2016.

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Adam Schiff
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@RepAdamSchiff
Today we learned:

Barr still won’t commit to giving Congress the full unredacted
Mueller report,

Barr won’t request court approval to give us grand jury
material, and

Barr won’t even say if the White House has seen, or been briefed
on, the report.

Trump got his Roy Cohn.

Senate Democrats
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@SenateDems
Attorney General Barr stopped answering questions the moment he
was asked about his interactions with the Trump White House.

His stonewalling and foot-dragging must stop. #ReleaseTheReport

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Deadline White House
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@DeadlineWH
“At the end of the day, Trump got his man. He wanted somebody
who was going to be loyal, he wanted a protector, he wanted a
fixer and Barr is that. And the thing that I got from the
hearing is that Barr’s going to do Trump’s dirty work” -
@K_JeanPierre w/ @NicolleDWallace

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Brit Hume
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@brithume
It will be interesting to watch how long it takes Democrats,
supposedly suspicious at how quickly Barr was able to to produce
a memo on Mueller’s key findings, to announce their conclusions
on the Mueller report after it’s released.

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The Daily Beast
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Barr reportedly to assemble team to look at DOJ, FBI actions in
Trump probe https://trib.al/3Zu4TfI

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Attorney General Barr to Assemble Team to Look at DOJ, FBI
Actions in Trump Probe: Report
The team will reportedly look into DOJ and FBI officials’
decisions during a 2016 probe into the Trump campaign.

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Shannon Pettypiece
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@spettypi
SCOOP: Attorney General William Barr has formed a team that
will review FBI decisions taken during the probe of the Trump
campaign in 2016, sources say via @cstrohm @houseinsession
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-09/barr-said-to-
form-team-to-review-fbi-s-actions-in-trump-probe … via @bpolitics

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Barr Forms Team to Review FBI's Actions in Trump Probe
Attorney General William Barr has assembled a team to review
controversial counterintelligence decisions made by Justice
Department and FBI officials, including actions taken during the
probe of the...

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Axios
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@axios
During a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday
Attorney General William Barr said he is assembling a team to
investigate counterintelligence decisions by Justice Department
and FBI officials during the summer of
2016.https://www.axios.com/barr-assembles-team-review-fbis-
actions-trump-investigation-a1dea2c8-2fa4-48c8-a437-
3a7dedce8e54.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=soci
al&utm_campaign=organic …

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Attorney General William Barr is building a team to review FBI's
actions during Trump investigation
Barr made the announcement during a House Appropriations
Committee hearing on Tuesday.

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