A federal watchdog said it will launch a review of the process by which the Justice Department and FBI obtained a surveillance warrant on a "Certain U.S. person" amid allegations from Republican lawmakers that the FBI relied improperly on campaign opposition research to justify the warrant.
In a statement, the IG said it will determine what the Justice Department and FBI knew "At the time the applications were filed from or about an alleged FBI confidential source."
Steele was hired by opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which was paid for in part by Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, and in attempting to get the surveillance warrant, the Justice Department and FBI did not tell the court.
Democrats have called the claim of wrongdoing unfounded, saying senior government officials is unfounded, and the political motivations behind Steele's research was revealed to FISC. Other lawmakers have also accused senior leadership in the Justice Department and FBI of being biased toward the Trump administration.
President Trump himself has claimed the FBI is biased against him.
"'The FBI failed to inform the FISA court that the Clinton campaign had funded the dossier....the FBI became.......a tool of anti-Trump political actors.
"Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!" Trump - who had often called McCabe biased - said in response to McCabe's firing.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/justice-department-watchdog-opens-surveillance-probe-after-allegations-of-abuse
In a statement, the IG said it will determine what the Justice Department and FBI knew "At the time the applications were filed from or about an alleged FBI confidential source."
Steele was hired by opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which was paid for in part by Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, and in attempting to get the surveillance warrant, the Justice Department and FBI did not tell the court.
Democrats have called the claim of wrongdoing unfounded, saying senior government officials is unfounded, and the political motivations behind Steele's research was revealed to FISC. Other lawmakers have also accused senior leadership in the Justice Department and FBI of being biased toward the Trump administration.
President Trump himself has claimed the FBI is biased against him.
"'The FBI failed to inform the FISA court that the Clinton campaign had funded the dossier....the FBI became.......a tool of anti-Trump political actors.
"Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!" Trump - who had often called McCabe biased - said in response to McCabe's firing.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/justice-department-watchdog-opens-surveillance-probe-after-allegations-of-abuse
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