‘Focused on others’: Barr says Durham unlikely to charge Obama or Biden

U.S. Attorney John Durham will likely not conduct a criminal investigation into former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General William Barr said on Monday.

“I have a general idea of how Mr. Durham’s investigation is going. … There’s a difference between an abuse of power and a federal crime. Not every abuse of power, no matter how outrageous, is necessarily a federal crime,” Barr said during a press conference on Monday. “Now, as to President Obama and Vice President Biden, whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don’t expect Mr. Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man. Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others.”