Barr’s Excellent Adventure #1

on July 30, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 30: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (2nd L) during his arrival outside the West Wing of the White House July 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. President... WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 30: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (2nd L) during his arrival outside the West Wing of the White House July 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump is holding bilateral talks with Prime Minister Conte in the Oval Office, and then a joint news conference in the East Room. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The Prime Minister of Italy has shot down a big chunk of the Barr/Trump conspiracy theory about a Deep State plot against President Trump that allegedly gave birth to the Russia probe. Giuseppe Conte says Italy had nothing to do with the Russiagate probe or investigation. He goes on to discuss the extraordinary detail that Barr asked Italian intelligence officials to confirm or explain the actions of U.S. intelligence officials. In other words, Barr has told foreign intelligence leaders that he does not believe his own country’s intelligence officials and and gone to Italy to ask if U.S. intelligence officials are telling the truth.

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