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Trump to demand DOJ review claims of FBI spy on campaign
Associated Press ^ | May 20, 2018 3:20 PM | Darlene Superville

Posted on 05/20/2018 2:20:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will “demand” this week that the Justice Department open an investigation into whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign for political purposes and whether any demands or requests for such action originated with the Obama administration.

Trump tweeted: “I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes — and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!”

The Justice Department declined to comment. […]

Trump did not elaborate on the promised “demand,” which he included in one of a series of tweets he sent throughout the day Sunday. On Saturday, Trump tweeted, “If the FBI or DOJ was infiltrating a campaign for the benefit of another campaign, that is a really big deal.” He said only the release or review of documents the House Intelligence Committee is seeking from the Justice Department “can give conclusive answers.” …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
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To: romanesq

Assuming - and it is an assumltion, not a certainty - for the moment that your sanguine prediction is justified:

Be glad your surname is not Flynn, Manafort, Caputo, or Cohen while Sessions plays his unConstitutional Flout-of-Law 3D Chess.


21 posted on 05/20/2018 6:11:12 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: kabar

As Brennan has already stated.... to protect Trump.


22 posted on 05/20/2018 6:20:06 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: map

Who speaks for the Justice Department? Why is no one named?..<<

The Janitor that answered the phone had No comment???


23 posted on 05/20/2018 7:21:58 PM PDT by M-cubed
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