In light of the information coming from Australia, this conduct was actually a relatively unintrusive way to start an investigation. used an informant to take down former congressman William Jefferson and one to prosecute the Hoboken mayor Peter Camarano. In its investigation into Russia’s potential connection to the Trump campaign, the F.B.I. sought the wiretaps from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, rather than a district court, because the applications contained sensitive foreign intelligence information. spied on @realDonaldTrump and launched multiyear investigations” because “unelected progressive elites in our government have nothing but contempt for” Trump voters.

Source: New York Times May 03, 2019 16:41 UTC