Trump says there was ‘illegal spying’ on his campaign even after Barr backs off explosive claim
President Trump said Thursday that he agrees with Attorney General William Barr’s explosive, since-clarified assertion that he believes the FBI was “spying” on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
“Spying” is a pejorative term not normally used to describe domestic counterintelligence investigations. In his testimony before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday, Barr said he was in the process of reviewing the origins of the Russia probe — something Trump and his supporters have repeatedly demanded.
The story, by Yahoo News chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff, was later cited in an FBI application for a surveillance warrant against Page. Isikoff’s’ reporting on Christopher Steele, the former British spy who prepared the controversial dossier about Trump, was also a major part of the so-called FISA application to wiretap Page.
Last month, Barr released a letter summarizing special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, saying Mueller found no evidence to charge Trump with a crime.
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