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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJUST IN: White House releases statement on President Trump's meeting
Link to tweet
ETA: For the twitter impaired it is an image of the statement. I will add text of it if and when I can find it.
Full Text:Statement from Press Secretary:
Based on the meeting with the President, the Department of Justice has asked the Inspector General to expand its current investigation to include any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigations or the Department of Justices tactics concerning the Trump Campaign. It was also agreed that White House Chief of Staff Kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the FBI, DOJ, and DNI together with Congressional Leaders to review highly classified and other information they have requested.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)spanone
(135,919 posts)louis-t
(23,309 posts)They won't find any irregularities.
MattP
(3,304 posts)Some people will do anything to placate the boss
milestogo
(16,829 posts)dameatball
(7,402 posts)Yonnie3
(17,515 posts)"It was also agreed that White House Chief of Staff Kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the FBI, DOJ, and DNI together with Congressional Leaders to review highly classified and other information they have requested.
Link to tweet
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This Congress cannot be trusted.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)How do we know that the FBI and DOJ agreed to it??
Yonnie3
(17,515 posts)You just never know with those people.
spanone
(135,919 posts)i mean, what the fuck?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Ought to be real entertaining. Remember,he just got upstaged by that former President Guy and his Wife.
Netflix!!!!
malaise
(269,254 posts)Lock him up!
janx
(24,128 posts)about 20 minutes after Nunes obtains it. But this is the WH version of what happened. I say we wait and see how the DOJ handles this.
malaise
(269,254 posts)the WH lies about anything and everything
Brother Buzz
(36,490 posts)Yonnie3
(17,515 posts)I put it in regular text in the OP with an edit. It was hard for me to read too. I was waiting on some source to post the text.