Daily Mail: Trump claims victory over 'spy probe' as deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein tells him at the White House that Inspector General WILL investigate whether FBI planted a mole in his campaign
* President Trump has alleged the Obama administration spied on his 2016 presidential campaign through the Justice Department or FBI
* A retired professor was working as an informant on the Trump campaign for FBI
* He met with several Trump aides and discussed foreign policy in summer 2016
* Trump has claimed he was an FBI mole sent to spy on the campaign for political purposes -- and he demanded a probe into it yesterday
* In an unusual move, the president's spokeswoman announced an expansion of the a Department of Justice is expanding a probe into alleged FBI misconduct to include President Trump's claims that there may have been a 'mole' within his campaign reporting back to the feds.
The Department of Justice is expanding a probe into alleged FBI misconduct to include President Trump's claims that there may have been a 'mole' within his campaign reporting back to the feds.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a Monday afternoon statement that after a meeting with Trump this afternoon, DOJ officials agreed to ask the department's Inspector General to look into 'irregularities' within the FBI's 'tactics concerning the Trump Campaign.'
'It was also agreed that White House Chief of Staff Kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the FBI, DOJ, and DNI together with Congressional Leaders to review highly classified and other information they have requested,' she said in a statement.
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Update #1: Under pressure from Trump, FBI and Justice agree to expanded Russia probe -- Reuters
Update #2: Trump alleges FBI spy inside his campaign -- AFP
WNU Editor: President Trump's involvement in the Russian probe is making a lot of people uneasy .... In extraordinary meeting, Trump gets involved in congressional oversight of Russia probe (USA Today). But in view of the startling media reports over the weekend that there was a FBI spy/informer in the Trump campaign .... an impartial investigation is warranted. I am just surprised that President Trump did not demand a Special Counsel .... relying instead on the Inspector General to do the investigation.
Update #3: The Russian press reaction to all of this is blunt .... the use of this informer was a "classic intelligence operation" .... ‘Classic Intelligence Operation’: FBI Can’t Pretend It Didn’t Spy on Trump Team (Sputnik).
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I bet Trump already has all the info. Just finally time to drop the hammer on them.
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