U.S. Attorney General Barr: I Think FBI ‘Spying Did Occur’ On Trump Campaign

Daily Mail: Bill Barr says 'spying DID occur' against Trump’s 2016 election campaign and tells senators he wants to know if it was 'adequately predicated'

* Barr testified in the Senate during his second day in the Capitol
* He was asked about his statement that he was reviewing FBI conduct
* He told senators he was looking at surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016
* His comment came shortly after Trump complained of an 'attempted coup' and blasted the Mueller investigation as 'illegal'
* The president also invoked 'treason'
* Barr said 'spying did occur' and that 'spying' on a campaign is a 'big deal'
* Said he is assembling a team to look at the matter

Attorney General Bill Barr said there was U.S. 'spying' against President Trump's 2016 campaign, telling senators Wednesday it was a 'big deal' as he announced he was assembling a team to review investigative conduct during the elections.

'I think spying did occur,' Barr said at a Senate hearing in response to a question from Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.

Although he was non-specific about what he was referring to by spying, Barr mentioned the intelligence community.

He spoke moments after President Trump complained of an 'attempted coup' against him, invoked 'treason,' and blasted the Mueller investigation as 'illegal' – while calling for looking back at how it 'all started.'

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