Donald Trump and his supporters have tried VERY hard to derail the Mueller investigation by any means they can….
With the report that somebody was giving the Feds inside information on the Trump campaign , which had people that the FBI and the Intelligence Community had been worried about before , Trump and his supporters believe they could either out any information Mueller has, or try to have the Mueller investigation closed…..
Under pressure from some in Congress and others?
Trump was cautioned to back away from talking and trying to intimidate those agencies…
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), a vocal Trump supporter, has subpoenaed the Justice Department for information related to the source. The law enforcement agency granted Nunes a meeting earlier this month — but has so far rebuffed his demand for documents.
The announcement came after Trump met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to discuss his ultimatum, which raised alarm bells in Washington.
Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to claim his campaign may have been “infiltrated or surveilled … for Political Purposes” and said the DOJ should look into whether “any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!”
The extraordinary demand from Trump set up a potential crisis with the Justice Department. Although the DOJ is part of the executive branch, most presidents have refrained from requesting specific investigations in order to avoid the appearance of wielding improper political influence….
Republican senators who have warned the White House for months not to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation are coming under new pressure given President Trump’s latest demands for the Department of Justice.
Republican senators believe that if Trump fired Mueller or obviously interfered in his investigation, it would backfire politically and potentially hurt their chances of keeping control of Congress.
They want to avoid an all-out war between Trump and Justice that might draw parallels to the Nixon-era “Saturday Night Massacre,” when senior department officials resigned instead of complying with orders to fire a special counsel….
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