Skip to main content

Trump orders intel agencies to cooperate with Barr probe into 'spying' on 2016 campaign | TheHill

posted onMay 24, 2019
>

Article snippet: MORE said in a statement. The notice comes as Barr is conducting a review of what he has described as "spying" on members of the Trump campaign during the investigation into Russian interference. Sanders said Trump had directed the intelligence community to "quickly and fully" cooperate with the investigation at Barr's own request.  "Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that were taken, during the last Presidential election and will restore confidence in our public institutions," Sanders said.  Barr told senators last month that he was reviewing the “genesis and conduct” of intelligence collection on members of the Trump campaign during the period of the 2016 election, saying he believed the campaign was spied on. Barr’s use of the term triggered massive protest from Democrats, who viewed it as legitimizing a conspiracy theory. FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was appointed by Trump to replace wouldn’t use the term “spying” to describe government investigations. Trump and Republicans, who have long alleged the Russia investigation was started by FBI agents biased against the president, have heralded Barr’s decision to look into the origins of the investigation. The White House sent a memo to agency heads Thursday evening directing the heads of U.S. intelligence agencies as well as the heads of departments and agencies that include elements of the intelligence community to “promptly pr... Link to the full article to read more

Emotional score for this article