Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) says that President Trump and Attorney General William Barr are ‘conspiring’ to “weaponize law enforcement against their political enemies,” calling the DOJ investigation into the origins of the Russia probe “un-American.”
Last month, Barr said that he was reviewing the “conduct” of the FBI during its original 2016 Trump-Russia investigation, telling Congress during testimony that while DOJ
Inspector General Michael Horowitz has a pending investigation into FISA abuse, Barr said “I am reviewing the conduct of the Russia investigation, and all the aspects of the counterintelligence investigation that was conducted in the summer of 2016.”
And on Thursday, President Trump directed the US intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation into surveillance activities during the 2016 Presidential election,” adding that Attorney General William Barr has been given “complete authority to declassify information pertaining to this investigation.” – READ MORE