Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that he had 'no idea' what Attorney General William Barr was talking about when he testified that there was spying on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign
Sausalito, California Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday he had"no idea" what Attorney General William Barr was talking about when he testified that there was spying on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, adding that he found Barr's comments"concerning."
"With respect to Barr's comments, I really don't know what he's talking about when he's talking about spying on the campaign, so I can't really react substantively," Comey said at the Hewlett Foundation's Verify cybersecurity conference."When I hear that kind of language used, it's concerning because the FBI and Department of Justice conduct court ordered electronic surveillance, I have never thought of that as spying," he added.
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