Article snippet: “I have no idea what he’s talking about so it’s hard for me to comment,” Comey replied when asked about Barr’s remark at a Hewlett Foundation conference. “I think his career has earned him a presumption that he will be one of the rare Trump Cabinet members who will stand up for truth,” he continued, adding that “language like this makes it harder.” Appearing before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee Wednesday, Barr told senators that he believes that the FBI did spy on the Trump campaign, stating that the Justice Department must “explore” the matter. “I think spying did occur,” said the attorney general. “But the question is whether it was predicated — adequately predicated, and I’m not suggesting that it wasn’t adequately predicated, but I need to explore that. I think it’s my obligation. Congress is usually concerned about intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies staying in their proper lane, and I want to make sure that happened. We have a lot of rules about that.” Breitbart News’ Joel Pollak wrote this week that Barr’s remarks vindicated months of the website’s reporting on Spygate. On Tuesday, Barr first revealed in a House appropriations subcommittee that he would probe the FBI’s “conduct” during its investigation into the Trump campaign. “I am reviewing the conduct of the investigation and trying to get my arms around all the aspects of the counterintelligence investigation that was conducted during the summer of 2016,” he told lawmakers. He... Link to the full article to read more