Rod Rosenstein orders investigation into FBI Trump campaign ‘infiltration’

  Well that did not take long: I just finished writing a post about Donald Trump demanding the Department of Justice investigate whether or not the FBI had a mole in the Trump campaign and how I would not expect to see one forthcoming and then I go back online and find out, according to this story, that Rod Rosenstein has ordered the investigation.

  Here is more:

The Justice Department asked its watchdog to look into any alleged “impropriety or political motivation” in the FBI’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, the DOJ said Sunday night — hours after President Trump ordered a review looking into whether federal agents infiltrated or surveilled his campaign for political purposes.

“The Department has asked the Inspector General to expand the ongoing review of the (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) 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,” DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores told Fox News.

She also released a response 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.”

  So at least the process has been put in motion but again I remain skeptical.

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