The FBI should get sign-off from the attorney general and the director of the FBI before opening a counterintelligence investigation into a presidential campaign, Attorney General William Barr said
The determination, which Barr said was agreed to by FBI Director Christopher Wray, is one of the most influential changes to be proposed in the wake of a Justice Department inspector general report that faulted the FBI for its handling of certain investigative steps as it probed potential ties between the campaign of President Donald Trump and Russia beginning in 2016.
presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken," Barr said in a statement at the time. According to the Horowitz report, the Justice Department was not notified of the opening of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation, codenamed"Crossfire Hurricane," until two days after its launch.It's unclear how high up at the FBI approval was given to the opening of the investigation.
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