House Democrats Demand To Know If Trump Tweets Undermined DOJ, FBI

12:27 PM 11/14/2018 | Politics

David Krayden | Ottawa Bureau Chief

With a majority in the House, Democrats are seeking to examine whether President Donald Trump’s preponderance of tweets adversely affected the Department of Justice and FBI.

As Reuters reports, the New Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, New York Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler, is seeking a potential probe into the president’s Twitter activity vis-a-vis the DOJ.

U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) (L) speaks as Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) (2nd L) and Rep. David Ciclline (D-RI) (R) listen during a news conference to denounce a meeting between the Justice Department and FBI officials and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) May 24, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Nadler notified acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and FBI Director Christopher Wray in a letter Tuesday that describes his “growing concern.” (RELATED: Trump Offers Dire Warning To House Democrats On Cooperation)

“I write with growing concern over President Trump’s repeated attacks on the integrity of the Department of Justice and the FBI,” Nadler wrote. “The president’s behavior appears to be motivated by an urge to shield himself, his family, and his business interests from the ongoing work of the department and the bureau.”

Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT.” Andrew McCarthy says, “There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.” If so, this is bigger than Watergate!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2018

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!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 20, 2018

Trump’s relationship with the DOJ and FBI has been difficult from the beginning of his tenure as president.

He openly battled with former FBI Director James Comey and only last week asked for the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions after frequently criticizing Sessions’ judgment and actions on Twitter. Former intelligence director James Clapper has suggested it was “a good thing” that the FBI was spying on Trump.

Sauce: https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/14/house-democrats-trump-tweets-doj/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social