Investigate the FBI's ties to the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 election


Investigate the FBI's ties to the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 election
The Issue
On October 28th, 2016 the Director of the FBI James Comey sent a vague letter to Congress regarding a prior investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, 11 days before the Presidential election. This resulted in wide bipartisan criticism, even from the people who ran the Department of Justice such as former Attorney General Eric Holder and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. After this letter was sent, we learned a lot about some of what was happening behind the scenes at the FBI and in the Trump campaign, such as the following:
- Trump campaign surrogate Rudy Giuliani said on the Fox News channel 2 days before Comey sent the letter, that the Trump campaign had a huge "surprise" coming and some "tricks up their sleeves."
- After the letter came out Giuliani said that he was fed information about FBI agents on the Clinton e-mail case. Giuliani obviously has ties to the FBI from his time as a former prosecutor, and we learned that the NY field office was the office that pushed for the "reopening" of the email case, the same office where Giuliani has ties.
- Jim Kallstrom who is the former head of the NY FBI office and a Trump supporter who has also said that he received information from the FBI. He has called the Clinton's a "crime family." He also runs a veteran's charity which has reportedly received over a million dollars from Donald Trump.
- The NY FBI field office of which Giuliani and Kallstrom both have connections is the office who pushed for the "re-opening" of the Clinton email case and who has pushed for the Clinton foundation case in defiance of the justice department and senior FBI officials.
We, the American people, the undersigned, care about the integrity of US governmental institutions. It is concerning that potentially politically motivated actors at the FBI have fed information to a Presidential campaign about their opponent. Regardless whether or not this influenced the election, which there is evidence that it did, Giuliani's unprompted bragging on Fox News about what was coming raises questions both about motives and the sanctity of the investigation, which again concluded in no charges.
We, the American people, the undersigned, call upon the petitioned House and Senate committees to immediately open an investigation into the ties between the FBI and the Donald Trump for President campaign. We urge you to use your constitutional powers that are enshrined in the constitution for the purposes of checks and balances to vigorously, and in a nonpartisan fashion, begin an immediate investigation to ensure our government institutions are operating with integrity and in a nonpartisan fashion.
The American people deserve answers after this unprecedented involvement in the US Presidential election. It is the job of the petitioned to find them.
Sincerely,
The American People.

The Issue
On October 28th, 2016 the Director of the FBI James Comey sent a vague letter to Congress regarding a prior investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, 11 days before the Presidential election. This resulted in wide bipartisan criticism, even from the people who ran the Department of Justice such as former Attorney General Eric Holder and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. After this letter was sent, we learned a lot about some of what was happening behind the scenes at the FBI and in the Trump campaign, such as the following:
- Trump campaign surrogate Rudy Giuliani said on the Fox News channel 2 days before Comey sent the letter, that the Trump campaign had a huge "surprise" coming and some "tricks up their sleeves."
- After the letter came out Giuliani said that he was fed information about FBI agents on the Clinton e-mail case. Giuliani obviously has ties to the FBI from his time as a former prosecutor, and we learned that the NY field office was the office that pushed for the "reopening" of the email case, the same office where Giuliani has ties.
- Jim Kallstrom who is the former head of the NY FBI office and a Trump supporter who has also said that he received information from the FBI. He has called the Clinton's a "crime family." He also runs a veteran's charity which has reportedly received over a million dollars from Donald Trump.
- The NY FBI field office of which Giuliani and Kallstrom both have connections is the office who pushed for the "re-opening" of the Clinton email case and who has pushed for the Clinton foundation case in defiance of the justice department and senior FBI officials.
We, the American people, the undersigned, care about the integrity of US governmental institutions. It is concerning that potentially politically motivated actors at the FBI have fed information to a Presidential campaign about their opponent. Regardless whether or not this influenced the election, which there is evidence that it did, Giuliani's unprompted bragging on Fox News about what was coming raises questions both about motives and the sanctity of the investigation, which again concluded in no charges.
We, the American people, the undersigned, call upon the petitioned House and Senate committees to immediately open an investigation into the ties between the FBI and the Donald Trump for President campaign. We urge you to use your constitutional powers that are enshrined in the constitution for the purposes of checks and balances to vigorously, and in a nonpartisan fashion, begin an immediate investigation to ensure our government institutions are operating with integrity and in a nonpartisan fashion.
The American people deserve answers after this unprecedented involvement in the US Presidential election. It is the job of the petitioned to find them.
Sincerely,
The American People.

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Petition created on November 12, 2016