'Frankly I didn't think it was a close call. ... This was a legitimate act of self defense,” the AG said.
WASHINGTON – Department of Justice officials were consulted before President Donald Trump ordered a strike that killed a top Iranian general, Attorney General William Barr said on Monday.
The president and his national security advisers have offered shifting accounts about what prompted the decision to target Soleimani as he left the Baghdad International Airport earlier this month. Trump told Fox News on Friday that Soleimani was planning an attack against four U.S. embassies, including the embassy in Baghdad.
Esper said he and others in the administration shared the president's belief that the embassies were potential targets. And he said intelligence suggested an attack would unfold in a"matter of days" and would hit multiple targets.
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