Democrats say briefings did not support Trump's claim of FBI 'spy'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

MAY 24, 2018 / 7:05 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Sarah N. Lynch, Mark Hosenball


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers said on Thursday they heard nothing in classified briefings by the FBI and intelligence officials to support President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated allegation that the agency placed a “spy” into his 2016 presidential campaign to help his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, held two unusual classified briefings for senior lawmakers of both parties in the wake of the Republican president’s claim.

Trump’s “spy” comments marked his latest attack on the FBI at a time when he feels mounting pressure from the ongoing investigation by Mueller, appointed last year by the Justice Department, into potential collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia and whether he has committed obstruction of justice.

“Nothing we heard today has changed our view that there is no evidence to support any allegation that the FBI or any intelligence agency placed a spy in the Trump campaign or otherwise failed to follow appropriate procedures and protocols,” Adam Schiff, the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, told reporters.

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[sandensea]

1. I doubt there's anything in God's green earth that ever supports a Trump claim

Except, perhaps, whenever he calls his dimwit sons "you idiot!"

[Judi Lynn]

2. Yes, there IS that grand exception!

These two guys are only village idiots.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[Pluvious]

4. So not a peep from any GOPers whom were there too ?

[Midnight Writer]

5. Yeah. I think they said "Lock Her Up!".