Former Attorney General Eric Holder
Eric Himpton HolderDems struggle to make Trump bend on probes House panel votes to hold Barr in contempt Five times presidents sparked controversy using executive privilege MORE on Monday urged Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI officials to "simply say no" to President Trump
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"More DOJ norms being eroded. Trump-a SUBJECT of the investigation-wants access to material related to the inquiry," Holder tweeted.
More DOJ norms being eroded. Trump-a SUBJECT of the investigation-wants access to material related to the inquiry. His Congressional supporters want evidence connected to an ongoing investigation. Time for DOJ/FBI to simply say no-protect the institutions and time tested norms.
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) May 21, 2018
Holder served as attorney general under former President Obama from 2009-2015. He has frequently criticized Trump and floated the possibility of a potential 2020 presidential campaign.
His latest criticism of the president came as Trump and his allies have claimed, without evidence, that an FBI informant spied on his campaign for political purposes. On Sunday, Trump said he would demand the DOJ investigate the matter.
It is uncommon for a president to request specific investigations from the DOJ.
The president then met Monday with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
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Trump agreed to a deal in which the DOJ inspector general would “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,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.
Sanders also said chief of staff John Kelly
John Francis KellyMORE plans to “immediately set up a meeting” between top law enforcement officials and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to “review” the “highly classified” materials that representatives have sought about the informant.
Republicans, led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes
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Democrats have argued that Republican attacks on the FBI and Trump's calls for an internal probe are an effort to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller
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