North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, one of the top Republicans in Congress, wants the lead judge on the secret surveillance court to investigate whether the FBI abused the process to obtain FISA warrants against Carter Page.
"As the Presiding Judge of the , you are privy to information which could potentially verify or contradict our understanding of abuses of the process," North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows wrote in a letter Monday to Judge Rosemary Collyer.
Republicans on the task force have focused heavily on the FBI's applications for four FISA warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Other Republicans have noted that much of the dossier was unverified at the time that the FBI cited it in its FISA applications.
Meadows also argues that the FBI withheld details of the dossier's funding from the FISC. The applications submitted by the FBI did note that the dossier was intended to "Discredit" Trump and his campaign, but the FBI did not reveal that the Democratic National Committee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's campaign were behind the project.
Meadows also claims that there is evidence that the FBI "Exerted undue influence" on the Justice Department to speed up the application process for the first FISA warrant.
Meadows pointed to an Oct. 14, 2016 email in which Peter Strzok, the FBI's lead investigator on the Russia probe, suggested putting pressure on Stu Evans, the Justice Department official who reviewed FISA materials.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/31/meadows-fisa-weaponized-carter-page/
"As the Presiding Judge of the , you are privy to information which could potentially verify or contradict our understanding of abuses of the process," North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows wrote in a letter Monday to Judge Rosemary Collyer.
Republicans on the task force have focused heavily on the FBI's applications for four FISA warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Other Republicans have noted that much of the dossier was unverified at the time that the FBI cited it in its FISA applications.
Meadows also argues that the FBI withheld details of the dossier's funding from the FISC. The applications submitted by the FBI did note that the dossier was intended to "Discredit" Trump and his campaign, but the FBI did not reveal that the Democratic National Committee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's campaign were behind the project.
Meadows also claims that there is evidence that the FBI "Exerted undue influence" on the Justice Department to speed up the application process for the first FISA warrant.
Meadows pointed to an Oct. 14, 2016 email in which Peter Strzok, the FBI's lead investigator on the Russia probe, suggested putting pressure on Stu Evans, the Justice Department official who reviewed FISA materials.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/31/meadows-fisa-weaponized-carter-page/
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