Article snippet: A small cadre of House Republicans believe that they have sniffed out the identity of a confidential FBI informant who reportedly met with Trump campaign officials during the election. The GOP lawmakers have raised alarm bells about the alleged source in service of their argument that the FBI may have inappropriately “spied” on members of the Trump campaign during the election. But none of the lawmakers have so far made their suspicions about the person’s identity public, and some Republicans privately fear that the alleged informant has been misidentified. The Justice Department is refusing to provide access to the information lawmakers need to confirm their suspicions—arguing that doing so would endanger the person’s life. But this had done little to check conservatives who have publicly suggested that the FBI placed a “mole” in Trump’s campaign in order to manufacture evidence against him. MORE amplified the allegations on Friday, quoting a claim from Fox News anchor David Asman that the Justice Department “put a spy in the Trump campaign” in order to “frame Donald Trump for crimes he didn’t commit.” GOP lawmakers aligned with Trump throughout the week have made repeated appearances on Fox News to air their suspicions. “If they did this, if there was a plant, if there was a spy, if there was an informant put in the other party's campaign during the election, that is as wrong as it gets,” Rep. MORE (R-Ohio) told the network on Friday. The FBI never had enough ... Link to the full article to read more