Barr Rebuffs Fox News Question On DOJ Review Of ‘Genesis’ Of Russia Probe

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 18: U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report as U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (R) and U.S. Acting Principal Associ... WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 18: U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report as U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (R) and U.S. Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O’Callaghan listen at the Department of Justice April 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress are expected to receive copies of the report later this morning with the report being released publicly soon after. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday declined to discuss his review of the beginning of the FBI’s probe into the Trump campaign when a Fox News reporter asked about Barr’s investigation of the investigators. 

During the press conference he held before releasing the special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted final report, Barr took a question from Fox News’ Catherine Herridge.

Is there anything you can share today about your review on the genesis of the Russia investigation and whether assets have been provided to investigate?” Herridge asked.

No, today I’m really focused just on the process of releasing this report,” Barr replied.

For what it’s worth, there’s already a Justice Department inspector general’s probe into whether the investigation was opened properly.

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  1. Avatar for noonm noonm says:

    Trump’s Chief propaganda outlet trying to keep the conspiracy alive. I’m surprised she didn’t ask if Barr had found Obama’s birth certificate yet.

  2. Avatar for ken_k ken_k says:

    Of course Barr isn’t going to say anything about the Deep State conspirators today.

    He doesn’t want to step on today’s WHITEWASH message of the day. Someone might slip on all the slime.

  3. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    No, Fox, today is not national Oranges day.

  4. Avatar for mrf mrf says:

    It looks like the Fox reporter took out her thesaurus because oranges seemed to lowbrow.

  5. Well, at least he didn’t say that he was landing the fucking plane.

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