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Breaking: DOJ asks watchdog to probe Trump campaign surveillance claims
The Hill ^ | 05-20-2018 | Brett Samuels

Posted on 05/20/2018 6:25:25 PM PDT by CWW

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked its inspector general to look into whether or not the FBI surveilled President Trump's campaign for "inappropriate purposes."

“If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action," Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in a statement.

DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a separate statement that "the Inspector General will consult with the appropriate U.S. Attorney if there is any evidence of potential criminal conduct."

The expanded probe, she said, will "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."

(Excerpt) Read more at TheHill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 20180520; doj; dojig; ig; mueller; rosenstein; trump
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It’s happening. And There is also an article by Clinton’s former poster, Mark Pen, in The Hill, going after Moller for his which one investigation.
1 posted on 05/20/2018 6:25:26 PM PDT by CWW
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It’s happening.

No it's not.

We'll know it's happening, when Rod Rosenstein is fired and indictments start. Until then, it's a coverup.

2 posted on 05/20/2018 6:27:14 PM PDT by FreeReign
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Stopping Robert Mueller to protect us all.
http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/388549-stopping-robert-mueller-to-protect-us-all


3 posted on 05/20/2018 6:28:21 PM PDT by Fungi
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Spell check is your friend.


4 posted on 05/20/2018 6:28:59 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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The ‘Inspector General’,that will likely take 5 years or so.


5 posted on 05/20/2018 6:29:27 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: CWW

Indictments.

WHERE ARE THEY?


6 posted on 05/20/2018 6:29:29 PM PDT by Ken Regis
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BUMP!


7 posted on 05/20/2018 6:29:53 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: CWW

already posted:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3656770/posts


8 posted on 05/20/2018 6:30:29 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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how the FBI conducted its counterintelligence investigation of persons suspected of involvement with the Russian agents who interfered in the 2016 presidential election.”

So, she is saying Russian agents DID interfere ???


9 posted on 05/20/2018 6:31:41 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Until all of the Obama appointees are gone, it is not happening! He packed every career position he could with his ilk...


10 posted on 05/20/2018 6:32:06 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose
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I knew there’d have to be a “wise Latina” somehow involved in all of this.


11 posted on 05/20/2018 6:33:07 PM PDT by 4Runner
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Indictments.

WHERE ARE THEY?

Considering the investigation just started today, it will be a while. But we have lots of time between now and November to get substantive indictments.

12 posted on 05/20/2018 6:33:14 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores
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Used to work for Cruz, then he paid Fiorina a pile of money to get her away from him........


13 posted on 05/20/2018 6:33:53 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Beat you to the punch.


14 posted on 05/20/2018 6:38:23 PM PDT by 4Runner
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I can already see that the DOJ is going to have some obvious problems here. First and foremost is this: Why did they go through the trouble of getting FISA warrants on Trump campaign team members, while they didn't take any steps to inspect a DNC server that was allegedly hacked by the Russians?

P.S. -- I must now be on the same wavelength as Trump. LOL. This point is exactly what prompted him to mention the DNC server in a Twitter post today that seemed a bit cryptic in the context of the breaking news of the last couple of days.

15 posted on 05/20/2018 6:44:35 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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This is Not Russian Collusion, this is Spying and Infiltration.

Rosenstein has improperly usurped Session’s authority.

Out of approximately 20 people involved, or with knowledge, the IG has access to precisely one - Strzok.

The others would have to volunteer, which is not going to happen.

Comey, Yates, Brennan, Halper, Rice, Lisa Page, Carter Page, Papadopoulos, Clovis, Clapper, the British Spies, Steele, Simpson, McCain, the State Dept - are all out of his jurisdiction.

Rosenstein is pulling a fast one,

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16 posted on 05/20/2018 6:47:08 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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The swamp investigating itself!! Rosenstein investigating his buddies and himself just doesn’t cut it! This smells to high heaven! Sessions should be making the call not Rosenstein!


17 posted on 05/20/2018 6:51:58 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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Rosenstein is pulling a fast one,

Yep, lets see what Trump does tomorrow, if anything. But the OIG is a stall tactic. We still are not even going to get the report on the clinton investigation for several weeks. rosenwiesel has all that time to review it. And as someone pointed out earlier, rosenwesel has already see the report and yet is comfortable with assigning the OIG this investigation. In other words, the OIG is a deep state hack.
18 posted on 05/20/2018 7:00:54 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: AnthonySoprano

I don’t think there’s any need for witnesses here. There are documents all over the place — including FISA warrant applications with signatures on them — that should be all anyone needs.


19 posted on 05/20/2018 7:09:38 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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They’ll all just plead the 5th and that will be the end of it. Isn’t that the way it’s done these days when it comes to political crimes committed by the left?


20 posted on 05/20/2018 7:13:43 PM PDT by Bullish (government=overfunded stupidity.)
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