2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday [2-27-18] that the Justice Department’s internal watchdog will investigate how the FBI and federal prosecutors obtained warrants from the nation’s secret spy court to surveil a former Trump campaign adviser.
His statement came in response to a question at a press conference about whether his department would investigate allegations raised in a memo from Republican lawmakers early this month about alleged abuses by the Justice Department in obtaining the warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court…
A spokesman for the inspector general acknowledged receiving a referral from Mr. Sessions but declined to comment further.
The inspector general has been reviewing the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s handling of its probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. It hasn’t disclosed whether it is investigating aspects of the bureau and Justice Department’s inquiries into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and any potential links between Moscow and members of Donald Trump’s campaign.”
-Del Quentin Wilber, “Justice Department’s Internal Watchdog to Probe FBI Surveillance of Ex-Trump Adviser,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 27, 2018 06:04pm