The Department of Justice revealed Wednesday that the whistleblower complaint related to President Trump's controversial phone call with the Ukrainian president sparked a referral to the DOJ's criminal division about whether Trump potentially violated campaign finance law.
The official said there was no disagreement among the prosecutors in the criminal division, even among career prosecutors, that the call did not amount to a potential campaign finance violation. The Assistant AG for the Criminal Division made the"final call" to conclude the matter, and said Attorney General William Barr was"not involved in the analysis by the criminal division.
"According to the ICIG, statements made by the President during the call could be viewed as soliciting a foreign campaign contribution in violation of the campaign-finance laws," the OLC opinion said."In the ICIG’s view, the complaint addresses an “urgent concern” for purposes of triggering statutory procedures that require expedited reporting of agency misconduct to the congressional intelligence committees.
"There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that," Trump said, according to the memorandum of the call, which is not verbatim."So whatever you can do with the attorney general that could be great." "I will have Mr. Giuliani give you a call and I am also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it," Trump promised, according to the memo.
"The President has not spoken with the Attorney General about having Ukraine investigate anything relating to former Vice President Biden or his son," Kupec said."The President has not asked the Attorney General to contact Ukraine – on this or any other matter. The Attorney General has not communicated with Ukraine – on this or any other subject. Nor has the Attorney General discussed this matter, or anything relating to Ukraine, with Rudy Giuliani.
Democrats are so desperate. Maybe stop coming up with crazy socialist plans and they could compete in 2020. This is embarrassing to watch
Well of course more BS from a desperate demented psychotic group! MAGA will prevail for sure in 2020🤣👌🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Wondering, what's next on the Dems agenda, what more lies and fake conspiracy. Let's see Russian collusion is out, whistleblower is out, Racism is out, they have to make up more before election. Are people not tired of these tax payers waste?
The transcript itself had nothing about Trump. Merely investigating the corrupt actions of the Bidens. Biden was on the tape bragging about firing the prosecutor investigating his son of anomaly, clearly.. Biden is the perpetrator. People knows.
Go Fake News go! It’s Stormy’s fault!
And was found that he didnt.
Nothing stick to this guy
NewsRadio930 NoT
Pathetic.
ABC, are y’all doing a story about how Schiff made up some false quotes from Trump? Asking for a friend.
William Barr is part of the Trump Corrupt Presidency!
trump is the most flagrantly corrupt president in history. It truly is overt. The guy need to be as far away from our white household as possible.
Together with Trump the Ukrainian President is losing credibility (not sure if he intended to be in this mess)
It must be nice to have the DOJ in your back pocket.. Makes it easy for you to continually get away with the crimes you commit.
I mean Barr had Epstein killed to cover up Trump’s past history of him having sex with underage girls. Why wouldn’t Barr say no to Trump breaking campaign rules.
Of course they would. They are as corrupt as Trump is.
Read the transcript—there isn’t anything in there!
Really? Wow. I guess that settles it. Barr is obviously unbiased. Anybody else would be investigating the call. Nope. Barr didn’t waste time on that. Barr cleared Trump right away.
Womp womp 😆
Volodymyr Zelensky wasn't told that he can be dubbed as a bleating goat while addressing the press. Bleeaat
Here come all the expert legal democrats screaming and crying craziness. Take another loss Dems.
IndictBarr Impeach45
AAANNNDDD..he did not.
Another dud. Good job democrats.
BarrMustRecuseNOW Barr is part of the scandal, and acted as Trump's personal lawyer in treason. He must recuse himself and resign.
Democrats have tried to impeach every Republican President since Eisenhower. Nothing new to see here. The get nothing done party of impeachment.
That’s right. Now let’s hear you comment about Biden saying DavidMuir is not credible news.
What A surprise. As Trump once bragged, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it.
The Democratic party should be investigated from top to bottom. From Donna brazile giving away the questions to Hillary and Bills foundation pay-for-play as well as Joe Biden Chinese and Sons scandal. And sexual scandals in the Clinton and Obama administration.
A cycle with three component moving parts is a tricycle.
ImpeachBarr is working for realDonaldTrump, not for the American people. The DOJ cannot clear donald. Barr is a co-conspirator.
That needs to be reviewed
The DOJ is compromised thanks to Bill Barr so we cannot believe that
How would this have anything to do with campaign POTUS is not campaigning to be elected president again against anyone yet as the dems dont have a candidate and asking a new president of a country who ran on corruption to look into it and about how one person bragging about it
You cant make this stuff up. Trumps has proven to be a complete FOOL, who release's a Tape that damning
The democrats have hoist their own petard. Again.
HAHAHAHAHAH! The DOJPH is just as corrupt as the WhiteHouse. Like any of them have a leg to stand on. Traitors!
Please include the head of the DOJ was also implicated in the acts of which they were to investigate, of which they didn’t go beyond the complaint.
Lol Barr is a criminal no credibility in our AG office
And who runs the DOJ....the commander in chief Donald Trump...he has found ways around the laws...we must impeach!!!
He cant go against trump or 'YOUR FIRED!!'
Campaign finance law is largely irrelevant here, though their opinion is dead wrong. Violating his Constitutional duties is the most serious crime realDonaldTrump committed, for which he deserves impeachment.
Gotta go after AG Barr first.
Barr corrrupt much ? cnn nytimes FBI guiliani
More Fake News from abc . Did the writer of this article even read the transcript.....
Nothing to see here. Nope, nope. Nothing to see here.
👏Barr👏is👏implicated👏in👏the👏report!👏
It seems to me DOJ doesn't think ANYTHING is 'something of value' including help from foreign gov'ts., dirt on one's opponent (who isn't even the nom yet) or anything else.
America wants a do over. Barr’s not worth the tired ass suit he wears. DOJ is corrupted because of him and Trump.
DOJ , you undermine our justice system in America. everyone in the DOJ should b fired.
The totality of corruption in the White House is staggering! “All Means All” THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ITS LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACCESS TO ALL RECORDS NEEDED FOR INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT. Homeland Digital Library
DOJ based its determination on a memorandum of the call provided by the White House. WTF!!! DOJ needs to be investigated. Who or what can do that? Special prosecutor? Congress?