Attorney General Barr Tells Senate: 'Spying Did Occur' Against Trump Campaign

Acebb said:

And, he's going to investigate it.

Barr also alluded to a promise he made during his confirmation hearing to examine "the genesis and the conduct of intelligence activities directed at the Trump campaign." But he said the panel was yet to be formally created, that it wasn't a probe into the FBI, and that he didn't consider there to be an endemic problem with the agency

"And a lot has already been investigated and is being investigated by the Office of Inspector General at the department," he said. "But one of the things I want to do is pull together all the information from the various investigations that have gone on, including on the Hill and in the department, and see if there are any remaining questions to be addressed."
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Michelangelo said:

Barr said that Horowitz has told him that the report will be complete by mid-June.

I believe him. They need to get this right. Dot all the is and cross all the ts. This report needs to take people down. Get it right and air tight so that Barr can take action.

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Acebb said:

And, he's going to investigate it.

Barr also alluded to a promise he made during his confirmation hearing to examine "the genesis and the conduct of intelligence activities directed at the Trump campaign." But he said the panel was yet to be formally created, that it wasn't a probe into the FBI, and that he didn't consider there to be an endemic problem with the agency

"And a lot has already been investigated and is being investigated by the Office of Inspector General at the department," he said. "But one of the things I want to do is pull together all the information from the various investigations that have gone on, including on the Hill and in the department, and see if there are any remaining questions to be addressed."
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Sheriff Joe said:

My feeling is Horowitz may have slowed his own investigation in order to avoid a conflict or appearance of "obstruction" with Mueller, but now that Trump has been cleared it's full speed ahead!

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theDonger said:

"I am not saying that improper surveillance occurred, I'm saying I'm concerned about it and looking into it" -- William Bar

Translation: "LEGAL surveillance occurred, but here's some red meat for the Trumptard base"

BTW -
If the Trump campaign or any one of its members were the subject of a counter-intelligence operation, then yes I would expect that those subjects were surveilled ... or spied on.

If some intelligence agency was tasked with monitoring Russia and surveilled members of the Trump campaign as part of a counter-intelligence operation on Russian agents.

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Michelangelo said:

Why didn't the Obama administration warn the Trump campaign of their knowledge that Russia was trying to interfere in the election as would have been the protocol in all previous administrations?

Well some of us know why.

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Sgt Lanquel said:

Both the Trump and Clinton campaigns were informed by the FBI in mid August 2016 that the Russians were actively engaged in efforts to disrupt the 2016 US elections. This was part of the initial foreign intelligence briefings routinely given to Presidential candidates once both have been fully nominated at their respective conventions.

HTH

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Michelangelo said:

Did you listen to the questioning of Barr today? He said differently.

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Michelangelo said:

Agree completely. One shit show at a time. The Dems blew theirs badly. The coverup of their crimes of treason failed. Now the real show begins.

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theDonger said:

"I am not saying that improper surveillance occurred, I'm saying I'm concerned about it and looking into it" -- William Bar

Translation: "LEGAL surveillance occurred, but here's some red meat for the Trumptard base"

BTW -
If the Trump campaign or any one of its members were the subject of a counter-intelligence operation, then yes I would expect that those subjects were surveilled ... or spied on.

If some intelligence agency was tasked with monitoring Russia and surveilled members of the Trump campaign as part of a counter-intelligence operation on Russian agents.

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Enfuego said:

Do guys like you just sit around and make up fairy tales?

You can't have legal surveillance if the premise in which a warrant is approved is false/didn't exist.

What happens if police execute a search warrant on a house of a suspected murderer looking for evidence of a murder but the items in the draft of the warrant don't exist and were falsified to satisfy a judge in order to obtain the warrant? What happens in that instance?

That's right, all evidence confiscated in the house is thrown out and can't be used in court. That means the search was not legal.

Understand?

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theDonger said:

I understand. What makes you so sure that the premise for the FISA warrant was false? Is it because the subject of that warrant says so? Do you have any proof? What about the reporting of Papadopolus being drunk and bragging about working with Russians? Why is that less credible than a renegade FISA court judge issuing a warrant to screw Trump?

Barr was very careful with his words today, were you listening?

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