Commentary: In (sort of) debunking ‘Obamagate,’ Barr actually boosts Trump’s conspiracy theory

Attorney General William Barr made headlines Monday when he threw some cold water on President Donald Trump’s latest invention: the “political crime” the president calls “Obamagate.” Trump has suggested that both President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden committed crimes as part of an attempt to sabotage the incoming Trump administration. Barr, who generally has been a …