Barr also told the Times: “I have long believed that the predicate for investigating the uranium deal, as well as the foundation, is far stronger than any basis for investigating so-called ‘collusion.’”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/16/william-barr-in-2017-doj-abdicating-its-responsibility-by-ignoring-clinton-uranium-deal-in-favor-of-russia-collusion/