UPDATED: Barr On The FBI's Failure To Provide Trump A Defensive Briefing
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Thomas Lifson at American Thinker draws attention to a key but underreported part of Barr's testimony yesterday, which occurred in an exchange with Sen. John Cornyn. In his usual laconic style, the exchange begins with Barr providing terse one word (or just a few word) answers. However, toward the end he expresses his views at more length. Remember, Barr had formative influence in the CIA as well as dealing heavily with national security issues at the DoJ, before going into private practice. Therefore, when he says that he "can't fathom" why a defensive briefing regarding purported Russian influence efforts--which should have been standard procedure--wasn't provided to the Trump campaign, that speaks volumes. This is a guy who understands these things, and knows that such a failure does NOT have an innocent explanation--which is
UPDATED: Barr On The FBI's Failure To Provide Trump A Defensive Briefing
UPDATED: Barr On The FBI's Failure To Provide…
UPDATED: Barr On The FBI's Failure To Provide Trump A Defensive Briefing
Thomas Lifson at American Thinker draws attention to a key but underreported part of Barr's testimony yesterday, which occurred in an exchange with Sen. John Cornyn. In his usual laconic style, the exchange begins with Barr providing terse one word (or just a few word) answers. However, toward the end he expresses his views at more length. Remember, Barr had formative influence in the CIA as well as dealing heavily with national security issues at the DoJ, before going into private practice. Therefore, when he says that he "can't fathom" why a defensive briefing regarding purported Russian influence efforts--which should have been standard procedure--wasn't provided to the Trump campaign, that speaks volumes. This is a guy who understands these things, and knows that such a failure does NOT have an innocent explanation--which is