Barr Says Obama, Biden Not under Criminal Investigation Despite Trump's Claims
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On Monday, President Trump’s attorney general, William P. Barr, said he did not foresee any criminal investigations involving Obama or Biden, despite Trump’s accusations that his predecessor’s administration committed criminal offenses. While left-leaning articles highlight Barr’s pattern of aligning with Trump in cases involving the president, right-leaning articles highlight that Obama officials intentionally targeted Flynn to tarnish Trump’s reputation.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Barr stated as long as he is attorney general, “the criminal justice system will not be used for partisan political ends.” However, the article notes that Barr's words also ring somewhat hollow given that he has a consistent tendency to make decisions and offer public commentary that aligns with Trump in cases involving the president and his allies.
USA Today published a centrist article reporting that Barr has tapped John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut to lead a parallel inquiry into the origins of the Russia probe, which Barr said promoted an “utterly false” theory that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government. Trump also urged Senator Lindsey Graham to call Obama to testify “about the biggest political crime and scandal” in the country’s history, but Graham pushed back against the president’s request, concerned about the precedent that it would set.
The Daily Caller published a right-leaning article highlighting that Republicans are planning to bring former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former FBI Director James Comey to testify before the Senate on potential perjury from Clapper. The article also notes that Republicans allege Obama officials intentionally targeted Flynn in an attempt to leak damaging information on the Trump campaign to the media.
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