FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [5-18-18] escalated his attacks on the Justice Department, suggesting that the FBI may have planted or recruited an informant in his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump stopped short of accusing the FBI of spying on his campaign, instead citing unnamed reports that at least one FBI representative was ‘implanted’ for political purposes into his campaign. ‘If true – all time biggest political scandal!’ Trump said in a tweet. Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, now one of Trump’s attorneys, almost immediately undercut Trump’s speculation about an informant, telling CNN: ‘I don’t know for sure, nor does the president, if there really was one…’ Neither Trump nor Giuliani provided any evidence of government infiltration into Trump’s presidential campaign. With Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigating possible collusion between Trump’s election campaign team and Russia, Trump and some of his allies have alleged that elements inside the Justice Department are seeking to undermine his administration.”
-John Walcott, “Trump suggests FBI may have infiltrated his campaign,” Reuters, May 18, 2018 11:42 am