Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday urged attorney general nominee William Barr to look into “whether or not, in the appropriate way, a counterintelligence investigation was opened up by somebody at the FBI-slash-Department of Justice against President Trump,” as the New York Times reported.
Barr began to answer, “There are a number of investigations, as I understand it, going on—” but Graham interrupted, asking if Barr had “ever heard of such a thing.”
When Barr said that he hadn’t, Graham asked about “checks and balances” regarding counterintelligence investigations of the President.
“Not outside the FBI,” Barr responded.
Graham presses Barr to answer “whether or not, in the appropriate way, a counterintelligence investigation was opened up by somebody at the FBI-slash-Department of Justice against President Trump” pic.twitter.com/pQ1pYVsfdq
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) January 15, 2019