Attorney General William Barr criticized former FBI Director James Comey after the former agency chief attempted to downplay his role in the investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
Comey, over the weekend, said that he was “seven layers” removed from the counterintelligence operation, code-named “Crossfire Hurricane,” and the launching of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court-approved probe into Trump campaign aide Carter Page for up to a year. Barr and Comey were responding to the findings of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report that found 17 “significant errors” in how the FBI applied to surveil Page.
