Trump ‘demands’ that DOJ examine spying claims

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded on Twitter on Sunday that the Justice Department look into whether his 2016 presidential campaign was infiltrated or surveilled by the agency or the FBI under the Obama administration. Trump's simmering anger over Special Counsel Robert Mueller's year-old Russia probe appeared to spill over into a series of well-worn recriminations in several tweets, including that the investigation was politically motivated and had its roots in the administration of his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama.

Trump to demand DOJ review claims of FBI spy on campaign

Trump tweeted: "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!" Trump has been promoting a theory circulating in conservative circles about a possible FBI spy on the campaign, though his attorney has cast doubt on it. Rudy Giuliani, who represents Trump in the ongoing special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, said in a television interview last week that neither he nor Trump knows for certain if there was a spy on the campaign.

Trump to demand Justice Department probe whether FBI infiltrated campaign

US President Donald Trump says he will demand the Department of Justice review whether his 2016 presidential campaign was infiltrated or surveilled by the FBI or the department under the Obama administration. Mr Trump's simmering anger over special counsel Robert Mueller's year-old Russia probe appeared to spill over into a series of well-worn recriminations in several tweets, including that the investigation was politically motivated and had its roots in the administration of his Democratic predecessor.

‘STOP!’ Trump demands of Mueller investigation, calling it a ‘$20,000,000 Witch Hunt’

Didn't the guests like Prince Charles' organic feast? Huge crate of PIZZA is delivered to Windsor Castle during Harry and Meghan's evening bash 'STOP!' Trump demands of Mueller investigation, ranting about a '$20,000,000 Witch Hunt' that should be looking into Hillary Clinton The prolonged Twitter attack from the president raged about the New York Times, special counsel Robert Mueller, and Hillary Clinton His rant follows an explosive New York Times article on Donald Trump Jr. that revealed countries other than Russia sought to influence the 2016 election Trump claimed that because Mueller's investigation 'has found nothing on Russia & me' investigators now had to look 'at the rest of the World!' His tweets also targeted wealthy, colorful Democrats who have long ties to the Clintons and have been under investigation for similar matters President Donald Trump demanded to know Sunday when ... (more)

In a new tweetstorm, Trump continues to focus on – Witch Hunt’

President Donald Trump lashed out Sunday at ''the World's most expensive Witch Hunt,'' trashing a new report in the New York Times that said an emissary representing the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates offered help to Trump's 2016 campaign. In a six-part morning tweetstorm, Trump accused the special counsel's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election of turning to other leads around the world after, in his words, finding no collusion or obstruction of justice in its ongoing probe.

US anti-IS office gets reprieve as Syria pullout accelerates

The Trump administration will keep open the Stat... WASHINGTON - The State Department unit overseeing the fight against the Islamic State group will stay in business for at least six more months, reversing an administration plan for the unit's imminent downgrade even as President Donald Trump presses ahead with a speedy U.S. exit from Syria. A plan initiated by Rex Tillerson before he was fired as secretary of state in March would have folded the office of the special envoy to the global coalition into the department's counterterrorism bureau as early as spring, officials said.

Trump Goes on Twitter Rant About Mueller Probe and Asks: What About Her Emails?

President Donald Trump had taken a little break from his tradition of unhinged Sunday morning Twitter rants. But he was back with a vengeance this week, ready to spew out all the pent up frustration and served up a whopping six angry tweets that started out slamming the New York Times, went on to criticize Robert Mueller's probe, worry about the midterms, all to end with the cherry on the unhinged sundae: talk of Hillary Clinton's emails.

On the media, the FBI and other ‘animals’

Anyone expecting President Donald Trump supporters to soften up on their allegiance to the president heading into the November midterm elections is sadly mistaken. This past week, Democrats, the FBI and the liberal elite media gave Team Trump strong reasons to remain solidly behind the Republican commander-in-chief and his "drain the swamp" cause.

SNL’ Weekend Update Host Michael Che: – I Like How…

"It's not every day a black man can root for the feds, but I'm really enjoying this," Che said in the "SNL" finale's Weekend Update Weekend Update on " SNL " had plenty of Donald Trump headlines for its finale episode, even bringing up the fact that earlier on Saturday, Trump tweeted about first lady Melania, misspelling her name "Melanie." The segment kicked off with Weekend Update co-host Colin Jost noting that Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into the Trump campaign, looking for evidence of collusion between the campaign and Russia.

Russia probe pushback: 5 times the pattern plays oout

President Donald Trump started his Friday with a provocative tweet: "Reports are there was indeed at least one FBI representative implanted, for political purposes, into my campaign for president. It took place very early on, and long before the phony Russia Hoax became a 'hot' Fake News story.

NYT: Donald Trump Jr. met with Gulf emissary at Trump Tower ahead of 2016 election

Three months before the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump Jr. met with a small group of people at Trump Tower in New York, including an emissary for two Arab princes and an Israeli social media specialist, who offered assistance to the Trump campaign, The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing several people with knowledge of the encounters. The Times identified the emissary as George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman, and reported that he informed Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's son, "that the crown princes who led Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were eager to help his father win election as president."