Donald Trump has called on the Department of Justice to look into claims that the FBI “infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for political purposes” at the request of the Obama administration.
His demands result from media reports that “federal authorities used an informant to gather information on Trump campaign officials”, says The Independent.
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