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==2016 election year==
==2016 election year==
A month after Donald Trump announced his intention to seek the presidency in 2015, Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] blocked the Office of Inspector General (OIG) oversight of the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD). The OIG, Michael Horowitz, requested oversight and Sally Yates responded with a lengthy 58-page legal explanation essentially denying the request. All of the DOJ was subject to oversight, except the National Security Division.<ref>https://t.co/b2VmsRhQ42</ref>
A month after Donald Trump announced his intention to seek the presidency in 2015, Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] blocked the Office of Inspector General (OIG) oversight of the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD). The OIG, [[Michael Horowitz]], requested oversight and Sally Yates responded with a lengthy 58-page legal explanation essentially denying the request. All of the DOJ was subject to oversight, except the National Security Division.<ref>https://t.co/b2VmsRhQ42</ref>
Obama’s political operatives within the DOJ-NSD were conducting illegal surveillance to monitor the Trump campaign. The NSD unit was working in coordination with [[Peter Strzok]] and others of the FBI Counterintelligence Division.
Obama’s political operatives within the DOJ-NSD were conducting illegal surveillance to monitor the Trump campaign. The NSD unit was working in coordination with [[Peter Strzok]] and others of the FBI Counterintelligence Division.