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https://www.politicususa.com/2019/04/10/adam-schiff-rips-william-barr-for-falsely-claiming-that-the-trump-campaign-was-spied-on.htmlPosted on Wed, Apr 10th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Adam Schiff Rips William Barr For Falsely Claiming That The Trump Campaign Was Spied On
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) ripped Attorney General William Barr for his false claim that the Trump campaign was spied on.
Barr was asked during his Senate testimony if he thought the Trump campaign was spied on. He answered, Well, I think there was spying did occur, yes, I think spying did occur. When he was asked if he had any evidence that spying occurred, Barr answered, I have no specific evidence that I would cite right now.
Link to tweet
Barr is Trumps attorney, not Americas
Attorney General Barr floated a baseless allegation against the law enforcement officers that are under his jurisdiction because that is what Trump wants to hear. William Barrs conduct with the Mueller report and now on the spying conspiracy theory is proof that Trump finally has someone at the DOJ who will protect him and follow his orders.
William Barr is not serving the United States of America. He is serving Donald Trump.
diva77
(7,671 posts)bdamomma
(63,955 posts)nt
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)It was all neatly laid out in his 16 page resume that he submitted ahead of time which then led to his appointment.
Mr.Bill
(24,354 posts)I bet within one week Barr says the Mueller investigation and the current investigation Barr is cooking up are intertwined so the Mueller report can't be released until this new investigation is completed. Which will take until after November of 2020, of course.
Ligyron
(7,644 posts)Let's hope they don't think of this.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Barr used the same strategy in his summary whitewash. When someone called it a summary, he vehemently disagreed. When it was pointed out to him that the four page fig leaf itself claimed to be a summary, Barr scuppered away.
By dropping his unfounded "spying" allegation, Barr accomplished what he wanted to accomplish: That word will be the subject of intense scrutiny and endless speculation on Fox. Trump will absorb this falsehood after marinating in it for a few days, and that's all we'll hear from Trump for weeks if not months.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)Spying by the Russians.
Lock individual1 up
(92 posts)That's one more reason for the orange assperor and his puppet ma$$ter for crushing NATO
Lock individual1 up
(92 posts)machoneman
(4,016 posts)I'll bet he's already regretting his words. Nothing like the top AG in the USA allowing his deepest winger thoughts to rise to actually saying them w/o any proof! Doofus!
47of74
(18,470 posts)Not only would the Professor have picked me apart right then and there but my fellow students would too. And I wouldve totally deserved it too.
madamesilverspurs
(15,814 posts).
Lonestarblue
(10,138 posts)Yes, hes annoying, but I need something to distract me whike Im on the treadmill! Anyway, he had Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana on, and he kept making a claim that the FBI investigated both the Clinton campaign and the Trump campaign and we needed to see the results. He seemed to insinuating that the FBI was suspicious of the Clinton campaign and investigated it for illegal actions too.
What was he talking about? Ive paid lots of attention to the news the past couple of years, and Im not aware of any investigation of the Clinton campaign. The only investigation was the Russian hacking of the DNC and maybe the Steele dossier. But even there, it was McCain who turned over that dossier, not Clinton. The Clinton Foundation was investigated, but that had nothing to do with her campaign.
Is this a new effort by Republicans to claim that Clintons campaign was dirty and thus Trump was just doing the same?
TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)The tRump campaign, I would say the FBI had a counterintelligence investigation on the tRump campaign. Flynn and few more campaign workers were friendly with the Ruskies who were trying to get the sanctions against Russia lifted.
It wasnt spying. It was a counterintelligence operation. Now since all that is happened with the Mueller report being hidden , I think the conservanazi party is hiding all the evidence in order to keep in power.
Lock individual1 up
(92 posts)I mean yeah nothing to see here. Let's go after the emails (they STOLE) /sarcasm
kacekwl
(7,025 posts)in his fucking summary. I think there was collusion and obstruction but I don't have evidence I would cite right now.
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)When can he cite it?
Shoonra
(523 posts)I'm not surprised that the FBI took an interest in the Trump campaign.
What probably happened is that the FBI was watching, as usual and expected, various personnel from Russia, and when some of these people under surveillance somehow communicated with Trump campaign people the FBI asked itself Why are Russians talking to the TrumpChumps and became curious.
Very understandable.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,178 posts)That's what any inquiry would probably end up finding. It may even end up hurting Trump in the end.
But that's not why they'd have one, we all know. The real reason would be to deflect the easily amused MSM towards a new "scandal" involving the evil Democrats, taking months and months dragging on. All the while casting doubt on the whole Mueller invest. All they need is enough doubt...combined with their election fraud...to steal 2020. Then have their "results" after they've won, which they will still spin their way, but it won't matter anyways, they'll have their victory, and there will be a hundred other disasters they will have created that any conclusion to it, which will not be much, will be lost quickly anyways.
onit2day
(1,201 posts)without evidence if not to cover for Trump by obfuscating. Barr will have no future when Trump goes down.