Thread by @sahilkapur, AG William Barr appears on FOX’s Laura Ingraham’s show and tells her [...]

AG William Barr appears on FOX’s Laura Ingraham’s show and tells her the Russia probe was launched “without any basis” as an “effort to “sabotage the presidency” of Donald Trump, and calls it “one of the greatest travesties in American history.” https://apnews.com/57304f689050c5c75aded464656f8455

Barr says Russia probe was started 'without basis'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr believes the Russia investigation that shadowed President Donald Trump for the first two years of his administration was started without any basis...

https://apnews.com/57304f689050c5c75aded464656f8455

AP’s graf 2 fact check: “Barr offered no support for his assertion that the FBI lacked a basis for opening the investigation and made no mention of the fact..the bureau began its probe after a Trump campaign adviser purported to have early knowledge that Russia had dirt on [HC].”

Democrats Joe Manchin, Doug Jones and Kyrsten Sinema voted with all Republicans to confirm AG Barr.

Context: The internal watchdog of the Justice Department that William Barr leads found the Russia probe to be justified and not biased against Trump, though he also said the FBI mishandled parts of it. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/internal-justice-watchdog-finds-russia-probe-was-justified-not-biased-n1098161

DOJ report finds Russia probe was justified, not biased against Trump

Attorney General William Barr and a prosecutor he tapped to lead a separate review of the Russia probe immediately criticized the DOJ inspector general's findings.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/internal-justice-watchdog-finds-russia-probe-was-justified-not-biased-n1098161

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