Attorney General William Barr backed President Donald Trump on his firing of the intelligence community’s chief watchdog and dismissed the investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia as baseless in an interview aired Thursday night.
Speaking with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, Barr also revealed some details of an ongoing investigation the attorney general ordered into the beginning of the Russia investigation.
Barr’s comments come after Trump expressed his intent to fire the intelligence community’s Inspector General, Michael Atkinson, last week. Atkinson was the first to inform Congress about an “urgent” complaint concerning Trump’s contacts with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Those contacts launched the House’s impeachment inquiry. Continue reading.