President Trump huddled with the FBI director and the deputy attorney general in the Oval Office on Monday – a day after he demanded the Justice Department’s internal watchdog investigate whether the special counsel’s probe into his 2016 campaign was politically motivated.

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the meeting had been planned since last week and the “focus is on the response to congressional requests.”

Republicans in Congress have been seeking details from the DOJ about an informant who talked to three Trump campaign associates in the summer of 2016 but FBI officials have balked at the request because identifying the person could harm the investigation and endanger the source.

Trump met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, FBI chief Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.

The three men were seen leaving the White House about an hour after the meeting began.

Trump over the weekend went on a tear about special counsel Robert Mueller’s “Witch Hunt” – a barrage that came after the New York Times and the Washington Post reported on an informant being involved in the campaign.

“I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes – and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration! ” Trump tweeted Sunday.

The DOJ hours later said its inspector general would expand the probe it launched in March.

The informant was identified by numerous media outlets as Cambridge professor Stefan Halper.

After Trump in May 2017 fired FBI Director James Comey, who was overseeing the investigation into Russian meddling in the election, Rosenstein named Mueller special counsel.

Additional reporting by Nikki Schwab