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Showing Original Post only (View all)DOJ responds to Trumps tweet calling for investigation into fbi/doj [View all]
Source: Jake tapper
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Also see Walter Schaubs comment under that thread:
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Another article: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/after-trump-tweets-demand-doj-says-ig-will-review-counterintelligence-work
Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement she shared with TPM:
The Department has asked the Inspector General to expand the ongoing review of the FISA application process to include determining whether there was any impropriety or political motivation in how the FBI conducted its counterintelligence investigation of persons suspected of involvement with the Russian agents who interfered in the 2016 presidential election. As always, the Inspector General will consult with the appropriate U.S. Attorney if there is any evidence of potential criminal conduct.
She added the following statement from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein:
If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action.
The Justice Departments inspector general, Michael Horowitz, announced in March that he would probe the FBIs application for a surveillance warrant to suveil a member of Trumps campaign believed to be foreign policy adviser carter page.
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And when they reach that conclusion, Orange Man will dismiss all involved as
NYC Liberal
May 2018
#24
I think it is a shame that the FBI/DOJ must waste time, and manpower to respond to the demand
Freethinker65
May 2018
#44
DOJ is not "playing along." They are required by the law to follow certain procedures when requested
Nitram
May 2018
#47
I just saw the clip from fox saying Clinton or Obama were behind the whole fbi going after Teump
MattP
May 2018
#2
Please forgive my ignorance, but does this move by the DoJ undermine Trump's threat
fierywoman
May 2018
#6
By capitulating, and toughing it to the bureaucracy, it is harder to justify firing them.
StTimofEdenRoc
May 2018
#11
Yeah...I said at the outset that a DOJ head that meets w/Russians & lies about it, wouldn't have a
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#35