Justice Dept. Starts Probe of Obama Admin Role in Spying on Trump Campaign

Justice Dept. Starts Probe of Obama Admin Role in Spying on Trump Campaign
Then-President Barack Obama in Washington on July 31, 2014. Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images
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The Justice Department officially started an investigation into whether political motivations were behind the Obama administration’s spying on the Trump campaign.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein ordered the Justice Department watchdog, Inspector General Michael Horowitz, to expand the current probe of surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign to include allegations of infiltration and whether those involved engaged in these activities for “inappropriate purposes.”

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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