Probe Into Russia-Trump Investigation Will Figure Out if Officials ‘Put Their Thumb on the Scale’: Barr

Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies on the first day of his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 15, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The investigation into the origin of the Russia-Trump probe will look into whether government officials tried rigging the election against President Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr said.

“I’ve been trying to get answers to the questions and I’ve found that a lot of the answers have been inadequate and some of the explanations I’ve gotten don’t hang together, in a sense I have more questions today than when I first started,” Barr told the openly conservative Fox News in an interview that was going to air on May 17.