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Attorney General William Barr was not recused from a Department of Justice referral regarding President Trump's call with Ukraine's president. Despite the fact that Barr’s name comes up in the call, there was no consideration of a recusal.

Senior officials from the Justice Department’s public corruption unit were involved in the determination that the call didn’t add up to a campaign finance violation. Part of the analysis centered on how to establish what is a “thing of value” in campaign finance law.

The Justice Department’s examination centered on the July call. The prosecutors interviewed White House officials involved in producing the transcript to establish it was a reliable record of the call. No other interviews were done. The FBI received a separate referral from the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community but deferred to the Justice Department's criminal division, which was doing its analysis.

In the ICIG’s assessment of the whistleblower complaint, they noted that “some indicia of an arguable political bias on the part of the complainant in favor of a rival political candidate.” The ICIG still determined that the complaint was credible.