Rosenstein Tries To Buy Time In Face Of Trump Demands

Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Sun, 05/20/2018 - 5:06pm

In response to President Trump demanding an investigation into whether the FBI “infiltrated” his presidential campaign, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “asked its internal watchdog, the Office of the Inspector General, to expand its current inquiry into the surveillance of a former Trump campaign official to include the questions raised by the president,” the New York Times reports. Said 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.” “By handing the question to the inspector general, Mr.

Topics: president trump fbi deputy attorney general rod rosenstein office inspector general new york times mr rosenstein mr trump february justice department an obama trump rosenstein demands campaign presidential surveillance investigation

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Rosenstein Tries To Buy Time In Face Of Trump Demands

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