Barr had remained largely quiet as the investigation by Inspector General Michael Horowitz wound toward a conclusion in recent weeks, but in an interview Tuesday, he revealed deep mistrust of the premise of the Russia probe
Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday discarded a key finding of the 435-page report released by the Justice Department's watchdog, saying in an interview that the FBI may have acted in"bad faith" when they carried out an investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.
"I think our nation was turned on its head for three years, I think, based on a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by an irresponsible press, and I think that there were gross abuses of FISA and inexplicable behavior that isn't tolerable in the FBI," Barr told NBC News.
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