Spying on 2016 Trump campaign ‘Did occur,’ AG Barr says
By Bloomberg
14 April 2019 |
12:58 pm
U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks to the Senate Appropriations panel about a possible inquiry into political “spying" of the Trump campaign in 2016.
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