https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlqWMazIYUQ
>Focus @: 21:45
Can you see and understand their attempts to slow-stop accountability?
Transcript
Maria: We're waiting on John Durham's investigation; A criminal investigation…
What bearing does the election have on that?
I haven't heard any Democrats raise and upset over the fact that wiretapping of an American citizen was illegal, an FBI agent changed evidence, changed a document..
A whole host of issues so am I to believe that if we don't get the results of the John Durham investigation before the election and Donald Trump loses, we won't hear another word about this.
Bill Barr: Well first I agree with you that it's been stunning that all we've gotten from the mainstream media is sorta' bovine silence in the face of the complete collapse of the so-called Russia gate scandal, which they did all the could to sensationalize and drive.. and it's like, not even a 'whoops' they just on to the next false scandal.
So that has been surprising to me, that people aren't concerned about our liberties and the integrity of our governmental process. In terms of the future of Durham's investigation, you know he's pressing ahead as hard as he can and I expect that, you know, we will have some developments hopefully before the end of this summer but as I've said his investigation will continue. It's not going to stop because of the election, what happens after the election may depend on who wins the election.
Maria: Has he been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Bill Barr: There has been delay because of the pandemic. Yes there has.
Maria: An inability to interview people?
Bill Barr: Yes. Not as inability, but a distinct slowing down of that process.
Maria: Because he can't gather a Grand Jury?
Bill Barr: Well I don't want to suggest there has been or is a Grand Jury but.. it is a fact that there have not been Grand Juries in virtually all districts for a long period of time and also people have been reluctant to travel for interviews and things like that. So it has slowed things down, but he's been working where he can on other matters that aren't affected by the pandemic. There has been an effect.
Maria: A source said to me a couple years ago, speaking of the Russia Collusion story, that this was the closest the United States ever came to a Coup to take down a president since the assassination of Lincoln. Is that an appropriate statement?
Bill Barr: In this sense I think it is the closest we have come to an organized effort to push a president out of office.
Maria: And it continues..
Bill Barr: ..But, what..you know, I'm not reaching a judgement as to what motivations there were.
Maria: Could you tell us anything about how this all started? This is not just an American citizen this was a man running for president, and this was a person who got elected to become the president, and the FBI thought it was a good idea to launch an investigation into Donald Trump and potential collusion. Why?
Bill Barr: I guess I don't want to talk about that, some of it may become evident as more facts are disclosed but there's probably a range of motives for different people.
Maria: But, is there any evidence that in fact it was appropriate to launch an investigation other than a conversation in a bar. I know that George Popadopolis had a conversation in a bar.
Bill Barr: That is the official version of what happened, that, comment in a London wine bar was what the basis really was for going forward, and, I've said that I thought that was a very slender read to get law enforcement intelligence agencies involved in investigating the campaign of one's political opponent.
Maria: Lindsey Graham told us that 4 FBI case agents talked to the Russian sub source. In other words, the person who compiled some of the information in the dossier, and that sub source told those agents that it was just bar talk, that is wasn't true that we didn't really buy it anyway. Did those case agents tell their superiors that?
Bill Barr: Again, I don't want to get into the details because those are the kinds of things we're looking at, but, that whole vignette is laid out to some extent in the IG's report. That in January 2017 and in March 2017, they talked to the primary sub source who was the sole conduit for this information that made up the dossier, and as I've said the dossier pretty much collapsed at that point, and yet it would be continued to use it as a basis for pursuing this counterintelligence investigation.
Maria: So does it sound like Jim Comey and Andrew McCabe knew that the dossier had collapsed in January of 2017?
Bill Barr: I don't want to discuss that aspect of it.