WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators wrote to the Justice Department’s inspector general on Wednesday requesting more information about the FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team over private text messages he allegedly sent during the election that were critical of President Donald Trump. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) asked the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, to answer a series of...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 06, 2017 20:26 UTC