Attorney General Bill Barr splits with the inspector general and FBI director over finding that the Russia probe was launched with proper cause.
Attorney General William Barr speaks at an event announcing the recipients of the third annual Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in Policing, at the Justice Department in Washington, Dec. 3, 2019.
In his Tuesday interview, Barr argued Horowitz didn't officially decide there was no political motive behind the FBI's decisions in the Russia investigation, just that he could not find any evidence to support that. Horowitz will testify Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his findings.
Barr took particular issue with the findings by Horowitz that agents responsible for applying for a surveillance warrant to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page were found to have included at least 17 significant errors and omissions that would have potentially affected the probable cause standard necessary for the warrant's approval and renewals.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 18, 2018. Barr doubled down on his criticisms in a sit-down with the WSJ CEO Council, arguing the investigation was a"travesty," and it was"flimsy" for the FBI to start the it based on former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos' communications in July 2016 claiming to a diplomat that he knew the Russians had 'dirt' on Hillary Clinton.
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