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Justice officials handing over this question of was there political motivation in using an fbi confidential source with information on the trump campaign. was there political motivation in that? thats now handed over to the inspector general of the department. if the inspector general says no spy here, scott, is donald trump going to accept it, do you think? >> well, i hope he does, this is the way the government is supposed to work. the inspector general can look into things and the congress wi...

All documents at the justice department that relate to an fbi confidential source who made contact during the trump campaign with trump campaign advisers who the fbi believed had suspicious contacts with russia. what is reported to be that sources name, the name of the confidential source has surfaced in multiple news outlets. well, today, the president summoned the head of the fbi and the deputy attorney general in charge of the russia investigation to come meet with him at the white house, whi...

We dont really know. heres how the "washington post" put it tonight. i thought they summed up the ambiguity here pretty well. "the significance of that statement was not immediately clear. justice department leaders have fought vigorously against revealing to congress materials on the confidential source. it was not clear whether they had backed down from their position and would now allow republican leaders to look at the documents or whether there would simply be a follow-up meeting for furthe...

To subpoena from them, this information on their confidential source, on whatever evidence he gathered in the trump campaign? we dont really know. heres how "the washington post" put it together. i thought they summed up the ambiguity here pretty well. "the significance of that statement was not immediately clear. justice department leaders have fought vigorously against revealing to congress materials on the confidential source. it was not clear whether they had backed down from their position ...

Confidential source who made contact during the trump campaign with trump campaign advisers who the fbi believed had suspicious contacts with russia. what is reported to be that sources name, the name of the confidential source has surfaced in multiple news outlets. today the president summoned the head of the fbi and the deputy attorney general in charge of the russia investigation to come meet with him at the white house, which is remarkable enough given that he is the subject of an ongoing in...

>> thank you. thank you so much. as we wait for any further details here on this white house meeting over this fbi confidential source, lets look ahead. the special counsel is aiming to wrap up the russia probe by september. my next guest suspects it will happen sooner. he just wrote a piece for politico. nelson, nice to see you, sir, welcome. thank you very much for having me. >> prediction time. you think this investigation will likely wrap up this summer. tell me why you think that? >> there ...

The fbi surveillance capabilitys were abused for political purposes ahead of the 2016 election are no longer just coming from republican members of congress. because the ocean with the resources to root out criminal violations at the fbi has opened a case. the federal bureau of investigation is now under investigation itself by the justice department inspector general trying to see if anyone in the ranks broke the rules when convincing federal judges to sign off on a surveillance of american cit...

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In contempt for not turning over documents which the source said he did not get. >> the president and his conservative allies claim the fbi used a confidential source to spy on the trump campaign. u.s. officials tell cnn the source was not a plant. the briefings on thursday included an appearance by a trump staffer which was questionable. more now from justice reporter laura jarrett. >> reporter: two classified briefings and a surprise appearance by a white house lawyer and now more questions ab...

The clinton email case with the title of a congressional hearing suggests that scope may be broader. this comes as the push and pull over another set of secret government records intensifies. after midnight, senior justice department official told reporters that doj would offer congressional leadership known as the gang of eight, another briefing and access to fbi confidential source records. monday or tuesday next week. requested by house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes working alon...