Dems After DOJ Briefing: “No Evidence” Of Spying

Buzzfeed News reports:

Congressional leaders on Thursday participated in an unusual pair of meetings with administration officials to discuss the FBI’s use of an informant in its counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia in 2016.

Democrats who attended the meetings said there was “no evidence” presented to support the claim repeatedly made by President Donald Trump in recent days that the FBI placed a “spy” in the Trump campaign. The meetings — which took place in different locations with overlapping but different attendees — were both led by FBI and DOJ officials and also included Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.

The meetings came out of ongoing requests by two House Republicans — House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes and House Oversight Committee Chair Trey Gowdy — to review the classified materials related to an FBI informant.

.@RepAdamSchiff: “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.” pic.twitter.com/6EaVchw2SF

— CSPAN (@cspan) May 24, 2018

For the record, the President’s Chief of Staff and his attorney in an ongoing criminal investigation into the President’s campaign have no business showing up to a classified intelligence briefing.

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) May 24, 2018