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During a Wednesday Senate hearing, the attorney general said that he believed that spying on the Trump campaign by the FBI “did occur,” but provided no evidence for saying so. americanoversight.org/william-barrs-…
In March 2017, Trump tweeted that the Obama administration had wiretapped Trump Tower. We filed FOIAs and sued for records to support his claim, and just two weeks ago, another DOJ office confirmed that it had no records supporting Trump’s claims: americanoversight.org/1195-2
Barr's use of the word “spying” is politically loaded and could fan the flames of conspiracy theories regarding the Mueller investigation: americanoversight.org/william-barrs-…
Barr's statement come as the public awaits a redacted version of the Mueller report. The investigation's findings should be subject to FOIA — and we filed requests to find out more: americanoversight.org/document/foia-…
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In December, DHS sent Congress a risk-based plan for improving border security. Since then, Trump declared a national emergency and at least $1 billion from the Pentagon's budget has been shifted to fund fencing. The report still hasn't been made public: americanoversight.org/american-overs…
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The White House ordered Personnel Security Director Carl Kline not to appear before Congress, without asserting any kind of executive privilege to account for the administration's defiance of Congress’ constitutional prerogatives. americanoversight.org/white-house-de…
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Barr exempted four categories of material from the Mueller report. We explain his redactions — and whether he should go further to release information to Congress and the American people: americanoversight.org/a-guide-to-bar…
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The redactions on the basis of personal privacy must be weighed against public interest. And in this case, the public's interest is so great that Barr should only redact that information in the most limited of circumstances.
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The Attorney General of the U.S. flat-out stated that Trump campaign in 2016 was spied upon by U.S. intelligence agencies, He said he cannot yet say whether there was adequate basis for it, but he's duty-bound to explore that.
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