Politico: GOP escalates law enforcement probes as Russia inquiry heats up
With Mueller now focusing on the president, lawmakers level new charges of bias and even potential criminal misconduct.
Amid new signs that special counsel Robert Mueller is pursuing an obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress have intensified their own investigations of the Justice Department's and FBI's handling of inquiries into Trump’s ties to Russia.
Tuesday brought several dramatic developments in the Russia saga, including the news that Mueller recently interviewed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the first Cabinet official known to be questioned in the investigation. The New York Times also reported that former FBI Director James Comey was interviewed by Mueller last year.
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Update #1: GOP feud with FBI ratchets up -- The Hill
Update #2: Missing Texts: Senate Investigators Demand Answers About Strzok and Page Messages (Newsweek)
WNU Editor: Some are convinced that there is a problem in the FBI/Justice Department .... Evidence suggests a massive scandal is brewing at the FBI (Michael Goodwin, NYPost) And reports (albeit from anonymous sources) like this one makes one wonder if ther is something .... Sen. Ron Johnson: FBI Informant Says 'Secret Society' Held Secret Meetings Off-Site (PJ Media), or nothing at all .... Ron Johnson now says he doesn't know what his 'informant' meant by FBI anti-Trump 'secret society' meetings (Washington Examiner). But I do know that when there are text messages among FBI investigators that they should delete their messages, and then these texts are missing, we have a problem .... Sessions announces DOJ probe of missing FBI text messages (The Hill). Not surprising .... defenders of the FBI Russian probe are making their own opinions known .... The FBI's 'secret society,' explained (Chris Cillizza, CNN), and even President Trump has stepped in .... Trump 'blaming Samsung' over missing FBI text messages (The Hill).
In the meantime, the Mueller investigation continues .... Mueller asked U.S. intelligence officials about Trump: sources (Reuters). More here .... Pompeo interviewed in Mueller's Russia probe, Yates cooperating: report (The Hill).
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