Barr's handpicked prosecutor tells inspector general he can't back right-wing theory
Source: Washington Post
The prosecutor handpicked by Attorney General William P. Barr to scrutinize how U.S. agencies investigated President Trumps 2016 campaign said he could not offer evidence to the Justice Departments inspector general to support the suspicions of some conservatives that the case was a setup by American intelligence, people familiar with the matter said.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitzs office contacted U.S. Attorney John Durham, the prosecutor Barr personally tapped to lead a separate review of the 2016 probe into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, the people said. The inspector general also contacted several U.S. intelligence agencies.
Among Horowitzs questions: whether a Maltese professor who interacted with a Trump campaign adviser was actually a U.S. intelligence asset deployed to ensnare the campaign, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the inspector generals findings have not been made public.
But the intelligence agencies said the professor was not among their assets, the people said. And Durham informed Horowitzs office that his investigation had not produced any evidence that might contradict the inspector generals findings on that point.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barrs-handpicked-prosecutor-tells-inspector-general-he-cant-back-right-wing-theory-that-russia-case-was-us-intelligence-setup/2019/12/04/17e084dc-16a9-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html
Poor trumpsters, they repeatedly cited Horowitz and Durham as Donnies saviors. Sad.
Gothmog
(145,794 posts)Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Would they conspire to bring its spineless ass down?...stay tuned...
NCjack
(10,279 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)to ask for Asylum?
NCjack
(10,279 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,443 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)Karadeniz
(22,600 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,398 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,949 posts)is that Bill Barr is our Attorney General!
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Hes Fatsos Attorney General. I know he has great power to abuse, but that scum bucket deserves a special place in hell and the scorn of history.
MyOwnPeace
(16,949 posts)just like IQ45 is NOT our presid....... sorry, couldn't even finish that word, a little throw-up in my mouth..........
Before he gets his special place in hell I'd like to see Barr get dis-Barred. He's done something I thought no person could ever do - he's given attorneys a bad name!
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)budkin
(6,725 posts)And now he's just another deep state never Trumper! Bwahahaahahahahhahah
RDANGELO
(3,435 posts)His campaign was investigated starting with Papadopollus. He became a subject of the investigation and a special counsel was initiated after he fired Comey. He tried to fire Mueller which resulted in section II of the report. He sent Guilliani behind the normal chains of diplomacy doing suspicious things, and now he is facing impeachment.
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)no there there