Benjamin Wittes, editor in chief of Lawfare and friend to ex-FBI Director James Comey, said Sunday he expects both FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to resign before they comply with President Trump’s push for a Justice Department investigation into whether there was FBI “infiltration” into his 2016 campaign for political purposes.
“I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes – and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!” Trump tweeted.
Such an inquiry, Wittes wrote in reply, would be a “nakedly corrupt attempt … to derail an investigation of himself at the expense of a human source to whose protection the FBI and DOJ are committed.”
“So if the President really gives Rod Rosenstein or Chris Wray an order (as opposed to Twitter bluster) demanding a particular investigation not properly predicated under FBI/DOJ guidelines for this overtly political purpose, I believe both men will resign rather than comply,” he added.
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Comey friend predicts Rosenstein, Wray will resign before complying with Trump's "infiltration" investigation https://t.co/HoVIOWHowF pic.twitter.com/I4edhCiyoh
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