Former Attorney General William Barr is defending the probe into the origins of the U.S. government investigation into then-candidate Donald Trump, saying a critical report of the probe ignored “basic facts.”
Barr, who was appointed by Trump after the latter became president, tasked U.S. Attorney John Durham to look into the government’s Trump investigation, which involved surveilling Trump campaign figures and examining the unverified dossier compiled on behalf of Trump rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
