Report on Russia probe's beginnings is 'imminent,' Barr says

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published 13 November 2019

The Russia investigation investigation is almost complete.

Even before the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election wrapped up, President Trump's team has tried to discredit its origins and findings with a number of probes into just how the investigation got started. And in a press conference Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr said a report on one of those probes — this one from the Justice Department's internal watchdog — is "imminent."

The Justice Department's Inspector General Michael Horowitz was conducting the first of at least three investigations into the origins of the probe that became Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Horowitz's report is the one that's "imminent," according to Barr's "understanding," he said Wednesday. People "mentioned in the report" are currently being allowed to "comment on how they were quoted," and after "very short" process is complete, "the report will be issued," Barr continued.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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