Executive Branch

Document: White House Statement on Wray, Rosenstein, Coats Meeting About FBI Informant

Matthew Kahn
Monday, May 21, 2018, 5:04 PM

On May 21, the White House released the following statement after the president’s meeting with the FBI director, deputy attorney general, and director of national intelligence.

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On May 21, the White House released the following statement after the president’s meeting with the FBI director, deputy attorney general, and director of national intelligence.

Based on the meeting with the President, the Department of Justice has asked the Inspector General to expand its current investigation to include any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s or the Department of Justice’s tactics concerning the Trump Campaign. It was also agreed that White House Chief of Staff Kelly will immediately set up a meeting with the FBI, DOJ, and DNI together with Congressional Leaders to review highly classified and other information they have requested.


Matthew Kahn is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School and a contributor at Lawfare. Prior to law school, he worked for two years as an associate editor of Lawfare and as a junior researcher at the Brookings Institution. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2017.

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