AG Bill Barr says CIA did NOT 'spy' on Donald Trump's campaign, slapping down president's claims - and says John Durham's probe is focusing on a 'small group' at the FBI
'The CIA stayed in its lane,' Barr said in an interview
Said Durham probe will focus on FBI's role in crossfire hurricane probe
Defended overriding prosecutors to seek lighter sentence for Roger Stone
Also defends decision not to publicly reveal Hunter Biden probe
Trump ousted Barr this week; his term ends before Christmas
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:21 EST, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 18:32 EST, 18 December 2020
Attorney general Barr is reflecting on the calls he made that benefitted President Trump and a few that didn't in his final days in office – as he said the CIA didn't stray beyond its international spy brief in 2016.
Barr told the Wall Street Journal he was suspicious that CIA agents – who are barred from spying on Americans – had spied on President Trump's campaign. The president repeatedly alleged publicly he was spied on.
But according to Barr, it didn't happen. 'The CIA stayed in its lane,' he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview.
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