U.S. Attorney General Barr, who previously said he had concerns about the motivation behind the Russia probe, has appointed Connecticut’s top federal prosecutor to review the origins of Mueller's investigation
WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney General William Barr is working with top intelligence officials and a senior federal prosecutor on at least the third inquiry to date into the origins of the Mueller probe of President Donald Trump and Russian election meddling, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Amid a broad effort to discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the FBI, Trump and his allies have accused law enforcement officials of spying on his campaign and called for an investigation into the origins of the Mueller probe, which started at the FBI in mid-2016. Trump, asked outside the White House on Tuesday if he had ordered Barr to look into the matter, told reporters, “No I didn’t ask him to do that. I didn’t know it, but I think it’s a great thing that he did it.”
Barr angered Democrats last month when he echoed language used by Trump’s allies in saying he shared concerns about “spying” on Trump’s campaign. He later acknowledged that there was no evidence of FBI wrongdoing.
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