Adam Schiff: William Barr’s spy remark ‘another destructive blow to our democratic institutions’

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., excoriated Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday for saying “spying did occur” on President Trump’s 2016 campaign.

“The casual suggestion by the nation’s top law enforcement officer of ‘spying’ may please Donald Trump, who rails against a ‘deep state coup,’ but it strikes another destructive blow to our democratic institutions. The hardworking men and women at the DOJ and FBI deserve better,” Schiff tweeted.

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