Trump's Ukraine call was referred to DOJ as possible crime. Barr's team shut it down
Trump's Ukraine call was referred to DOJ as possible crime. Barr's team shut it down
Bill Barr's DOJ rejected two criminal referrals about the Zelensky phone call — in which Barr was mentioned
IGOR DERYSH at Salon
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 9:30PM (UTC)
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/25/trumps-ukraine-call-was-referred-to-doj-as-possible-crime-barrs-team-shut-it-down/
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The intelligence community inspector general and director of national intelligence submitted two criminal referrals to the Justice Department after receiving an “urgent” whistleblower complaint about President Trump’s conduct toward Ukraine. In response, the DOJ’s criminal division decided not to act, the department revealed Wednesday.
In August, the intelligence community’s inspector general submitted a criminal referral to the Justice Department after receiving the now-famous whistleblower complaint related to Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement. The inspector general’s report cited Trump’s call with Zelensky as a “potential violation of federal campaign finance law.”
The DOJ’s Criminal Division reviewed the referral and determined “there was no campaign finance violation,” Kupec said.
The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel issued a statementacknowledging that the inspector general found the allegations in the complaint “credible” but argued that the content of the call did not amount to a “thing of value,” which is required to pursue a campaign finance violation.
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