“The Justice Department’s inspector general found no evidence that the FBI attempted to place undercover agents or informants inside Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016 as agents investigated whether his associates conspired with Russia’s election interference operation,” the New York Times reports.

“The determination by the inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is expected to be a key finding in his highly anticipated report due out on Dec. 9 examining aspects of the Russia investigation. The finding also contradicts some of the most inflammatory accusations hurled by Mr. Trump and his supporters, who alleged not only that F.B.I. officials spied on the Trump campaign but also at one point that former President Barack Obama had ordered Mr. Trump’s phones tapped.”

“He also found that FBI leaders did not take politically motivated actions in pursuing a secret wiretap on a former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page — eavesdropping that Mr. Trump’s allies have long decried as politically motivated.”

“Mike Bloomberg’s TV advertising approach differs from his Democratic primary competitors by focusing on Super Tuesday states rather than early voting states such as Iowa,” CNBC reports.

“According to a CNBC analysis, Bloomberg has spent $13.2 million on television ads across the 14 Super Tuesday states in his first week as a candidate. That’s more than his competitors’ combined ad spending in those states for the entire primary to date. “