Former Attorney General William P. Barr called the FBI‘s Trump-Russia collusion investigation a “political dirty trick” that put Moscow in the position it is in today.

“It was very damaging — a big lie that started off the administration. I think it started out as a political dirty trick. But it was propelled by the FBI jumping on it and spying on the Trump campaign,” Mr. Barr said on “Fox and Friends” Wednesday morning.

“And it goes beyond the unfairness to [former President Donald] Trump and the disruption of his administration. I think it tied Trump’s hands to deal normally with Russia and try to negotiate some kind of structure or framework diplomatically that would avoid what we’re seeing today. But his hands were tied by Russiagate.”.....
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