Statement from Attorney General Bill Barr



"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken"

"It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory"

"Nevertheless, the investigation and surveillance was pushed forward for the duration of the campaign and deep into President Trump’s administration"