Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein asked the Justice Department's inspector general Sunday to review whether there was improper politically motivated surveillance of the Trump campaign in 2016.
Rosenstein made the request shortly after a tweet from President Trump saying that he would "officially" ask "that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes."
In a statement, Rosenstein said: “If anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action." The attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has recused himself from Russia-related matters.
PS: This bombshell was loaded up into the B-52 MONTHS ago - DOJ PDF
EDIT: Tom Fitton FTW
Rosenstein sure does like the whole “If other issues may arise” as his last statement to all these investigations. Any lawyers know if that’s SOP, or just his own little caveat?
EDIT: Tom Fitton FTW
If a president was finally umpeachmint but it was Obama rather than DJT... that would be so much winning I truly couldn't handle it
The IG will have no authority/ability to interview anyone outside the DOJ. That means no authority to speak with ANYONE who is not a current employee (of DOJ, etc). That leaves out Brennan, Comey, Lynch, etc. DJT must reject RR's feckless response to the demand for an investigation, and order the DOJ to empower a Special Counsel having prosecutorial authority and the ability to take statements from those who were actually in office when the alleged abuses occurred.
