In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Barr also reiterated his claim that “government power was used to spy on American citizens,” declining to specify more. Barr has reportedly been assembling a team to probe the origins of the July 2016 counterintelligence investigation into Trump campaign officials’ contacts with Russia, opened by the FBI. I believe that the FBI’s engaged in investigative activity and part of investigative activity includes surveillance activity of different shapes and sizes. And to me, the key question is making sure that it’s done by the book.”Wray later added that he did not “personally” have evidence that the FBI illegally spied on Trump’s campaign. In a tweetstorm Friday, Trump reiterated his spying claim.

Source: Huffington Post May 17, 2019 15:00 UTC