Former Attorney General William Barr said the Department of Justice appears to be aggressively looking into former President Donald Trump and those close to him over their roles in the Jan. 6 attack. Barr, who served as attorney general from February 2019 through December 2020, weighed in on the DOJ investigation into the deadly Capitol insurrection during an interview with CBS News’ Catherine Herridge on Friday. It changes my view of what’s been going on,” Barr said. He described reports of Cipollone’s subpoena as “the most significant.”READ ALSO: Ekiti election: NYSC DG lauds adequate security of corps members “He has the strongest claim to executive privilege as the counsel to the office of the president,” Barr said. “After the last set of hearings I said, personally, if this is what there is, as attorney general I still don’t see that as a sufficient basis to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed by the president,” Barr said.

Source: Huffington Post August 07, 2022 14:49 UTC