"I think spying did occur," Barr said during the explosive hearing before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. Added House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in an interview with the Associated Press: "I don't trust Barr, I trust Mueller." During the 2016 campaign, Halper contacted several members of the Trump campaign, including Page and former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos. Also on Tuesday, Fox News reported that a source said Barr had assembled a “team” to investigate the origins of the bureau’s counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign. "Frankly, to the extent there were issues at the FBI, I do not view it as a problem of the FBI.

Source: Fox News April 10, 2019 21:10 UTC