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JUST IN: "I think there were gross abuses" and "inexplicable behavior that is intolerable in the FBI," AG Barr tells @PeteWilliamsNBC following the release of the IG report into the origins of the Russia investigation. nbcnews.to/2LIv4Tw
@PeteWilliamsNBC AG Barr: "I think our nation was turned on its head for three years based on a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by a completely irresponsible press." nbcnews.to/2LIv4Tw
@PeteWilliamsNBC AG Barr has essentially dismissed the findings of the IG that there was no evidence of political bias in the launching of the Russia investigation, saying that his hand-picked prosecutor, John Durham, will have the last word on the matter. nbcnews.to/2LIv4Tw
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Today at 12 p.m. ET on @MSNBC:

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