Assuming that two memoranda from Republicans on two congressional committees are accurate, Sessions will find, at the very least, that the FBI and DOJ made a false statement to the FISA Court, likely knowingly, and failed to tell the FISA Court information that would have destroyed Steele's credibility before the FISA Court.
On February 2, 2018, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released a memorandum discussing the use of FISA by the FBI and DOJ regarding President Trump.
It states that the FBI largely relied upon Steele's credibility in obtaining the FISA warrants, and it appears that, through misrepresentation and omissions, the FBI kept the FISA Court in the dark about Steele's lack of credibility.
According to the Senate memorandum, Steele "Had previously told the FBI he had not shared the information with the press," and the application to the FISA Court stated that the "FBI does not believe that [Steele] directly provided this information to the press." The Senate memorandum states: "The FBI repeatedly represented to the court that Mr. Steele told the FBI he did not have unauthorized contacts with the press about the dossier prior to October 2016.".
The Senate memorandum then states that in January 2017, the FBI told the FISA Court that the FBI had suspended its relationship with Steele in October 2016 because Steele had disclosed information about his dossier to the press in October 2016 without authorization.
Assuming that the FBI knew when it made these renewal applications that the explanation was false, which is highly likely, the FBI lied to the FISA Court.
The Senate memorandum explains that it appears that Steele lied to the FBI by telling the FBI he was not the source of the Yahoo News story in September 2016, and the FBI never told the FISA Court that Steele lied to the FBI. Therefore, the FBI relied on Steele's credibility in making the FISA Court applications against Page.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/02/prediction_sessions_will_find_fbi_lied_about_steele_credibility_to_spy_on_trump.html
On February 2, 2018, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released a memorandum discussing the use of FISA by the FBI and DOJ regarding President Trump.
It states that the FBI largely relied upon Steele's credibility in obtaining the FISA warrants, and it appears that, through misrepresentation and omissions, the FBI kept the FISA Court in the dark about Steele's lack of credibility.
According to the Senate memorandum, Steele "Had previously told the FBI he had not shared the information with the press," and the application to the FISA Court stated that the "FBI does not believe that [Steele] directly provided this information to the press." The Senate memorandum states: "The FBI repeatedly represented to the court that Mr. Steele told the FBI he did not have unauthorized contacts with the press about the dossier prior to October 2016.".
The Senate memorandum then states that in January 2017, the FBI told the FISA Court that the FBI had suspended its relationship with Steele in October 2016 because Steele had disclosed information about his dossier to the press in October 2016 without authorization.
Assuming that the FBI knew when it made these renewal applications that the explanation was false, which is highly likely, the FBI lied to the FISA Court.
The Senate memorandum explains that it appears that Steele lied to the FBI by telling the FBI he was not the source of the Yahoo News story in September 2016, and the FBI never told the FISA Court that Steele lied to the FBI. Therefore, the FBI relied on Steele's credibility in making the FISA Court applications against Page.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/02/prediction_sessions_will_find_fbi_lied_about_steele_credibility_to_spy_on_trump.html
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