"The Justice Department’s inspector general is expected to announce later this week that while the FBI acted unprofessionally, it had sufficient basis to investigate members of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Russia, after all, was interfering in the election and law enforcement needed to get to the bottom of it. Back in April, I predicted this “Russia-made-us-do-it” excuse..."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/12/08/bill_barrs_reservations_about_the_ig_report_141892.html