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Barr tells Fox News he supports Trump's removal of Michael Atkinson as IG for the intelligence community. "I think the president did the right thing in removing Atkinson," he says, then repeats Justice's previous dispute with Atkinson's legal analysis. video.foxnews.com/v/614845318600…
Barr also tells Fox that John Durham probably will do a report. "I think a report may be, & probably will be, a byproduct of his activity, but his primary focus isn’t to prepare a report. He is looking to bring to justice people who were engaged in abuses" video.foxnews.com/v/614845432900…
The full recap of Barr’s Fox News interview, part 2:
*He supports Trump’s firing of the ICIG
*He says Durham is probably doing a report, though that’s not the goal
*He, like Trump, is skeptical of mail-in voting
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