DOJ, Trump strike murky deal in FBI informant spat

[janx]

Under pressure from President Donald Trump, top Justice Department officials have agreed to share highly classified information with congressional leaders connected to the FBI's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The decision to share the information came after Trump met at the White House with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray and asked them to turn over to Congress and his own legal team all of the memos they have about an FBI informant who made contact with his 2016 campaign.

The White House also acknowledged that Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz would review allegations by Trump allies that the president's campaign was inappropriately surveilled in 2016, though Democrats and Justice Department defenders have called the allegations cynical attempts to undermine the ongoing probe of Trump campaign contacts with Russians. DOJ announced the new investigation on Sunday, and the White House affirmed it in a statement Monday afternoon.

“Based on the meeting with the President, the Department of Justice has asked the Inspector General to expand its current investigation to include any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s or the Department of Justice’s tactics concerning the Trump Campaign," White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement after the meeting.

Much more info at link:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/trump-justice-department-fbi-informant-601572

[SummerSnow]

1. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[duforsure]

2. He needs to show his proof

And sources for his claims first.

[janx]

9. I'm not sure how that works, but Rosenstein is no tool. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

3. My hunch is that Trump is too late

Even with this information there's no way he can stop the train of justice. He will be locked up in the end.

[oberliner]

5. There is zero chance of him being "locked up" at any point

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Zero chance?

It took a Gerald Ford pardon to keep Nixon from being locked up.

Not saying such a fate might not also happen with Trump, but I don't see how that translates to being "zero chance".

[bearsfootball516]

11. People of great power and wealth don't go to jail.

If Mueller's findings make it so overwhelmingly obvious that he colluded or covered it up that even the Republicans can't defend him, he could be forced to step down. But even that's pretty unlikely. Our best bet is to beat him at the ballot box in 2020.

[OnDoutside]

12. I agree, there will never be sufficient support for the disgrace that deserves that punishment.

[Kirk Lover]

7. Yes it is waaaaaaaaay too late. nt

[cynatnite]

4. There will be leaks from this meeting. Just you wait and see. n/t

[janx]

10. Guaranteed, and they won't come from the DOJ. n/t

[Thomas Hurt]

6. Near as I can tell...

the infiltrator isn't an infiltrator. He was a prof the fools invited in to speak with the campaign.

And other the paranoiac ravings of the right, there is no proof that this prof was sent there by the FBI. Unless I have missed a article, the dude never even talked to the FBI, maybe after the fact

(shrugs)

more right wing lies and a Trump PR scam.