AG Barr told Fox News Russia investigation began without any basis. That is an objective lie. IG found the investigation was properly predicated. This is how disinformation spreads. We need to call it out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/attorney-general-william-barr-fox-news-coronavirus/2020/04/09/dfda1f94-7a12-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html

Barr’s statement contradicts the findings of his own IG, who found the Russia investigation was properly predicated and properly authorized. He is counting on Fox viewers to take this word for it without reading the report. Here it is. See p v. https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf