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WaPo uses anonymous sources to claim dispute between Horowitz and Barr over justification of FBI’s Russia investigation

The Deep State’s game plan is now becoming clear: any indictments coming from the Durham investigation will be tarred as politically motivated and tainted by the biased Attorney General William Barr, who is out to protect a rogue president. That is what lies behind this anonymously-sourced story in the Washington Post today, alleging, “Barr doesn’t accept key inspector general finding about FBI’s Russia investigation.”

Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department’s inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into members of the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is due to release his long-awaited findings in a week, but behind the scenes at the Justice Department, disagreement has surfaced about one of Horowitz’s central conclusions on the origins of the Russia investigation. The discord could be the prelude to a major fissure within federal law enforcement on the controversial question of investigating a presidential campaign.

Read the full story from American Thinker


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