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">https://apnews.com/57304f689...

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">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/...