President Donald Trump directs the intelligence community to fully co-operate with the attorney-general William Barr’s probe into surveillance activities during the presidential campaign
US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with US attorney-general William Barr during the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor presentation ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, the US, on May 22 2019. Picture: AFP/JIM WATSON
“Today, at the request and recommendation of the attorney general of the US, President Donald J Trump directed the intelligence community to quickly and fully co-operate with the attorney-general’s investigation into surveillance activities during the 2016 presidential election,” White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said after Trump issued the directive.A redacted version of Mueller’s report was released publicly in April.
“While Trump stonewalls the public from learning the truth about his obstruction of justice, Trump and Barr conspire to weaponize law enforcement and classified information against their political enemies,” Schiff said on Twitter.In separate comments late on Thursday on MSNBC’s, House judiciary committee chair Jerrold Nadler said Mueller had told him that he is willing to testify to legislators in private, but is willing to make a public statement.
He wrote: “Intelligence Agencies were used against an American President. @DevinNunes @ShannonBream @FoxNews This should NEVER happen to a President again! Dems are furious at Robert Mueller for his findings - NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION.
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