“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.”
William Barr
U.S. Attorney General. in a statement. Claim dated 9 Dec 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
In short
William Barr (U.S. Attorney General) made this claim around 9 December 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 December 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
William Barr has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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- justice.govhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-william-p-barr-inspector-genera…
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