Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday urged attorney general nominee William Barr to look into “whether or not, in the appropriate way, a counterintelligence investigation was opened up by somebody at the FBI-slash-Department of Justice against President Trump,” as the New York Times reported.
Barr began to answer, “There are a number of investigations, as I understand it, going on—” but Graham interrupted, asking if Barr had “ever heard of such a thing.”
When Barr said that he hadn’t, Graham asked about “checks and balances” regarding counterintelligence investigations of the President.
“Not outside the FBI,” Barr responded.
Graham presses Barr to answer “whether or not, in the appropriate way, a counterintelligence investigation was opened up by somebody at the FBI-slash-Department of Justice against President Trump” pic.twitter.com/pQ1pYVsfdq
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) January 15, 2019
I don’ think Huckleberry realizes how bad that sounds and that he should just shut up about it.
Shorter Graham: We need a solid message to try and undermine investigations into the party. Help.
Lindz probably wants to know whether he’s a subject of the investigation too
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the objective, by the books, law enforcement community?
Lock Him Up.