Trump ally escalates war on Elissa Slotkin with demand DOJ probe her staff: report

A close Trump ally is pushing federal investigators to go after a Democratic senator, and he isn't stopping with her.Mike Davis, founder and president of the conservative Article III Project, sent a letter Wednesday asking the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to investigate Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), the Washington Examiner reported. The letter, addressed to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, also urges the division to scrutinize Slotkin's staff, donors and colleagues.Davis, who was once in the mix as a possible attorney general pick, took aim at comments Slotkin made Oct. 13 during a University of Chicago event with Vox editorial director Astead Herndon. There, the Michigan senator said she wanted to pursue "signature cases" tied to Trump and those around him."I want to look at these signature cases and not just focus on the president, but on the people who enabled him," Slotkin said. She added that she hoped young...