Attorney General William Barr said Monday he does not expect the Justice Department to probe former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden as part of its review of the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Asked about President Donald Trump's suggestion that Obama and Biden committed crimes, Barr said that while he no issue with Trump's remarks, he took aim at "increasing attempts to use the criminal justice system as a political weapon." "The legal tactic has been to gin up allegations of criminality by one’s political opponents based on the flimsiest of legal theories," Barr said. "This is not a good development." |