The president, I think, is grateful that the Department of Justice is going to have the inspector general look into it and determine and ensure that there was no surveillance done for political purposes against our campaign.
Mike Pence: “The president, I think, is grateful that the Department of Justice is going to have the inspector general look into it…”
On the recordMay 20, 2018
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Mike Pence expressed the president's gratitude for the DOJ's investigation into potential surveillance of the Trump campaign.
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