Journalist Michael Tracey tweeted in response to Schiff’s outburst: “It’s un-American to produce government documents that reflect poorly on my political allies, and are likely to show that the conspiracy nonsense on which I’ve staked my career was a complete fraud. “The coverup has entered a new and dangerous phase. “While Trump stonewalls the public from learning the truth about his obstruction of justice, Trump and Barr conspire to weaponize law enforcement and classified information against their political enemies,” Schiff wrote. Adam Schiff called Barr’s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe “un-American” in a May 23 tweet. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Barr of “peddling conspiracy theories.”Ĭalifornia Democratic Rep. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the Associated Press last month that she doesn’t “trust Barr,” but she trusted special counsel Robert Mueller. They couldn’t win the election, and that’s what happened.” “That’s what they said, and that’s what they meant,” Trump said. The president noted that Page and Strzok, who ended up working on the Mueller investigation, exchanged text messages about creating an “insurance policy” in case Trump won the 2016 election. Comey former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe former FBI agent Peter Strzok and his FBI paramour, Lisa Page and “probably people higher than that.” “They have unsuccessfully tried to take down the wrong person,” Trump told reporters at the White House.Īsked to name specific individuals who may have committed treason, Trump mentioned former FBI Director James B. Trump reiterated on May 23 that he believes several former Obama administration officials may have committed treason in spying on his campaign. Trump directed the agencies to “promptly provide such assistance and information as the attorney general may request in connection with that review.” The president triggered additional Democratic Party unease by releasing a memo authorizing Barr to “declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence” regarding the investigation into whether or not the Trump campaign was unlawfully spied on. Democrats saw a majority (52 percent) disapproving of the move. Attorney John Durham, was more popular among Republicans (74 percent approved) and independents (68 percent approved).
The Hill/Harris poll found that the new inquiry, which will be headed by Connecticut-based U.S.
The demonization of Attorney General Barr has begun - a sign that he is probably on the right track. “Theirs is a comfortable world, obfuscated and kept mysterious by the liberal use of their classified-information shield. Intelligence community leaders “aren’t used to being held to account by the Justice Department, and their oversight by Congress generally is mild,” Brock noted. The FBI’s former general counsel has chimed in publicly and, of course, fired FBI Director Comey has been on a media offensive, practicing character assassination as a strategy with Barr among those in his crosshairs. Kevin Brock, former FBI assistant director for intelligence, wrote in an op-ed for The Hill that “In just the past week, we’ve seen a rush to comment by the former directors of national intelligence and the CIA. While faithfully airing the talking points of key Democrats in reaction to the expanding Barr investigation, major corporate media accounts have not noted the signs of mounting anxiety from those responsible for the Russian investigation that targeted Donald Trump. Attorney John DurhamĪ Hill/Harris-X survey conducted last week found that 62 percent of registered voters agreed with Barr’s decision to investigate the probe’s origins. Attorney General William Barr, left, and U.S.
The IC (intelligence community) is required to operate rigorously independent of partisan political agendas in serving U.S. President Donald Trump on May 23 directed the heads of the CIA, FBI, State Department and other agencies to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr as he investigates the origins of the Russia investigation.Ī majority of American voters in a recent poll sided with Barr’s decision to investigate the investigators which in this case directly involved U.S. Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2019
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