Trump's transition team used facilities of the GSA, which helps manage the U.S. government bureaucracy, in the period between the Republican's November presidential election victory and his inauguration in January. It asked for Congress to act immediately "to protect future presidential transitions from having their private records misappropriated by government agencies, particularly in the context of sensitive investigations intersecting with political motives." The letter said Mueller's office obtained the emails despite the fact that it was aware the GSA did not own or control the records. Langhofer, the Trump transition team lawyer, wrote in his letter that the GSA's transfer of materials was discovered on Dec. 12 and 13. On Aug. 30, the FBI requested the materials of four additional senior members of the Trump transition team, it said.

Source: The Star December 16, 2017 22:07 UTC