President Orders U.S. Intelligence To Cooperate with Barr Probe of 2016 Election Surveillance

May 24, 2019 (EIRNS)—President Trump’s Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced May 23 the President’s Authorization for Declassification of all political surveillance activities during the 2016 Presidential campaign.

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders read this statement:

“Today, at the request and recommendation of the Attorney General of the United States, President Donald J. Trump directed the intelligence community to quickly and fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation into surveillance activities during the 2016 Presidential election. The Attorney General has also been delegated full and complete authority to declassify information pertaining to this investigation, in accordance with the long-established standards for handling classified information. Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that were taken, during the last Presidential election and will restore confidence in our public institutions.”