FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Thursday [6-7-18] offered lawmakers an additional classified briefing about the FBI’s use of a confidential informant during its investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The invitation came a day after House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) disputed President Donald Trump’s assertion that Federal Bureau of Investigation ‘spies’ had infiltrated his campaign, saying evidence suggested the Bureau had acted appropriately. Mr. Ryan said that lawmakers had more documents to review and ‘more digging to do,’ adding, ‘We still have some unanswered questions.’ The newly announced briefing, expected next week, would provide an opportunity for a small bipartisan group of lawmakers to review new documents and take another look at some that were available at the earlier briefings, a Justice Department official said. The briefing will involve the so-called Gang of Eight—the two party leaders and two top intelligence committee lawmakers from the Senate and House.”
-Sadie Gurman, “Justice Department Offers Lawmakers Another Briefing on Confidential Informant,” The Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2018 2:58 pm