Barr: Durham probe shows ‘Russiagate’ a ‘grave injustice’ to Trump

Former Attorney General William Barr said the Durham report has vindicated former President Donald Trump against years of allegations of Russian collusion but stopped short of supporting another term for him in the White House.

“I think [the Durham report] helps him in the short term. My own view is that he will not win the nomination,” Barr said Tuesday on “Special Report.” “And I have nothing personal against him… But I just don’t think he’s the right leader for the Republican Party going forward. I think people who want to restore America should look for a big victory that brings strength into the Congress and allows us to achieve some fundamental changes. And I don’t think he’s capable of delivering that kind of victory.”

Barr, who also served as the nation’s top lawman under President George Herbert Walker Bush, said Special Counsel John Durham’s probe was a success in that it revealed the truth, dismissing contentions that its intention was that of a typical criminal investigation like the one launched against Trump that was headed by former FBI Director Robert Mueller

“I take away from it that it was a success in that its purpose from the very beginning was to get to the truth. It was not launched as a criminal investigation. And people who compare it to the Mueller investigation are simply wrong,” Barr said.

Barr said he asked Durham to “get to the bottom of” the origins of the Russia investigation, and told him that any crimes found should be prosecuted but that the prime goal was to substantiate how the Trump inquiry was launched.

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“[Durham has] dug into it, and I think he’s gotten as close to the bottom as anyone is going to get to this,” he said.

Barr said the probe found Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign launched a “smear” offensive based on finding Russian sources to undermine Trump by spreading potentially false…