Attorney General William Barr said Monday that the Justice Department has an “open door” to any individuals, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, that have information on issues involving Ukraine, and noted that the agency would “scrutinize” this information.
“There are a lot of agendas in the Ukraine, a lot of crosscurrents, and we can’t take anything we receive from the Ukraine at face value,” Barr said during a press conference.
He added that “for that reason, we had established an intake process in the field so that any information coming in about Ukraine could be carefully scrutinized by the Department and its intelligence community partners so that we could assess its provenance and its credibility, and that is true for all information that comes to the Department from the Ukraine, including anything that Mr. Giuliani might provide.”
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Graham, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Barr told him that the Justice Department “has created a process that Rudy would give information and they would see if it’s verified.”
Graham also referenced potential work done in Ukraine by former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden while on the board of Ukrainian company Burisma, with Graham saying that “if Rudy Giuliani has any information coming out of the Ukraine, he needs to turn it over to the Department of Justice, because it could be Russian propaganda.”
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Barr: Justice has "open door" to receiving information on Ukraine from Giuliani https://t.co/RimpccXMfZ pic.twitter.com/gPp2ao57uA
— The Hill (@thehill) February 10, 2020The Justice Department is refusing to comment on @LindseyGrahamSC's claim that Bill Barr is taking dirt on the Bidens directly from Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the NYT reports: https://t.co/TsI1T5ieyv
House Dems need to get on this. Protecting the country demands it: https://t.co/3t3MJrmv8u
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 10, 2020
We're in the phase where:
-Trump fires witnesses, whistleblowers
-Senators smear witnesses, spread McCarthy-ite rumors about Feds and investigate whistleblowers + Trump's rivals
-Trump solicits foreign interference
-Barr probes investigators, maybe candidatesThis is not normal.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 10, 2020
Attorney General Barr has acknowledged for the first time that Rudy Giuliani has been giving the Justice Department information he collected in Ukraine, essentially bringing what was a stealth campaign into official government channels.https://t.co/5FRoN5DnrL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 10, 2020
Barr said the DOJ's stance on accounts or evidence emerging from Ukraine is a broad one, but he emphasized it would apply to "any information Giuliani might provide."
More on this story: https://t.co/ID6xQSrWrQ pic.twitter.com/bqqIkRXcqO
— POLITICO (@politico) February 10, 2020
Since AG Bill Barr has opened the door to Rudy Giuliani, and says @TheJusticeDept has “an obligation to have an open door to anybody who wishes to provide us information that they think is relevant,” it’s time to hear Lev Parnas, & #LetLevSpeak about Ukraine, POTUS & his minions. https://t.co/WELCDTK6KZ
— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) February 10, 2020
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