DEMS/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Senate and House party leaders and Intelligence Committee leaders from both parties will be briefed Thursday [5-24-18] on whether an informant was embedded in President Donald Trump’s campaign, according to a person familiar with the matter. The briefing comes after complaints from Senate Democrats and some Republicans about the adminstration’s plans for an unprecedented briefing Thursday for two prominent House Republicans from FBI Director Christopher Wray and the Justice Department. At noon, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy will meet with White House chief of staff John Kelly, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Wray and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, according to guidance from the Department of Justice. Two hours later on Capitol Hill, those same officials with meet with House and Senate Democratic and Republican leaders as well as the chairmen and ranking members of the Intelligence Committees, a stunning shift after the initial exclusion of Democrats.”
-Burgess Everett, “Bipartisan briefing to be held on ‘Spygate’,” Politico, May 24, 2018 7:10 pm