Barr Says Americans Will Recognize Some Names in DOJs Russia Probe
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that there will be public disclosure of the Justice Departments investigation into federal surveillance of the Trump campaign, and that Americans will recognize “some” of the names linked to the probe.
The team led by U.S. Attorney John Durham “has been working very aggressively to move forward” with the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into alleged FISA warrant abuses by federal authorities, Barr told Fox Newss Bret Baier in an interview Tuesday.
The attorney general said he is “very troubled” by what Durhams probe has so far revealed, which follows earlier findings by the DOJ watchdog that uncovered 17 significant errors or omissions in FBI wiretap applications in the bureaus investigation into former Trump adviser Carter Page, which was part of the broader inquiry into Russian interference into the 2016 election.
“Before the [2016] election, I think were concerned about the motive force behind the very aggressive investigation that was launched into the Trump campaign with a very thin, slender reed as a basis for it,” Barr told Fox News. “It seemed that the bureau was sort of spring-loaded at the end of July to drive in there and investigate a campaign.”
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Page are part of a broader pattern of questionable activities by senior law enforcement and intelligence officials, which include numerous unmasking requests targeting people affiliated with the Trump campaign.
Barr did not say whether any criminal charges might come about from the probe, but noted “the wheels of justice grind slow,” adding, “and they do run slow because we have due process and we follow the process.”
He said people should not assume that simply because no charging actions have been taken yet, that people “are going to get away with wrongdoing.”
Barrs remarks to Fox News come after the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
