The FBI sought a warrant to wiretap a U.S. citizen and, in effect, a U.S. presidential campaign, based on a shoddy Democrat-funded pile of conspiracy theories known as the Steele dossier.
Both in his report and during congressional testimony on Wednesday, Horowitz admitted that he didn't know why the FBI was so keen to spy on Trump campaign associate Carter Page, who was in fact not a Russian agent after all; that he didn't know why they continued to spy on Page, even after the FBI was informed by the CIA that Page had actually been working for them as an informant; and that he didn't know why, when the FBI continually sought to have its investigation reauthorized by the FISA court, it routinely withheld information from the court or straight-up misled about things that might have undermined the investigation.
In his report, Horowitz said he found seven times where FBI agents relied on "Inaccurate, incomplete, or unsupported" information in order to continually seek reauthorization for the surveillance of Page and others in the campaign.
In one instance, Horowitz noted that the FBI's original theory that Page was a Russian agent was complicated by his denials to intelligence sources about having met with a pair of Russian oligarchs, who the FBI believed had in fact been in touch with Page.
When the FBI wanted reauthorization to continue spying on Page, it concealed Page's denials from the court.
The FBI "Overstated the significance of Steele's past reporting," and the intelligence provided by Steele had not even been approved for use in the reauthorization application by the agent who supervised him.
Horowitz also admitted in Wednesday's hearing that one lawyer with the FBI actually doctored an email to make it say something that it didn't say in real life.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/the-fbi-didnt-commit-errors-and-omissions-it-abused-its-power
Both in his report and during congressional testimony on Wednesday, Horowitz admitted that he didn't know why the FBI was so keen to spy on Trump campaign associate Carter Page, who was in fact not a Russian agent after all; that he didn't know why they continued to spy on Page, even after the FBI was informed by the CIA that Page had actually been working for them as an informant; and that he didn't know why, when the FBI continually sought to have its investigation reauthorized by the FISA court, it routinely withheld information from the court or straight-up misled about things that might have undermined the investigation.
In his report, Horowitz said he found seven times where FBI agents relied on "Inaccurate, incomplete, or unsupported" information in order to continually seek reauthorization for the surveillance of Page and others in the campaign.
In one instance, Horowitz noted that the FBI's original theory that Page was a Russian agent was complicated by his denials to intelligence sources about having met with a pair of Russian oligarchs, who the FBI believed had in fact been in touch with Page.
When the FBI wanted reauthorization to continue spying on Page, it concealed Page's denials from the court.
The FBI "Overstated the significance of Steele's past reporting," and the intelligence provided by Steele had not even been approved for use in the reauthorization application by the agent who supervised him.
Horowitz also admitted in Wednesday's hearing that one lawyer with the FBI actually doctored an email to make it say something that it didn't say in real life.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/the-fbi-didnt-commit-errors-and-omissions-it-abused-its-power
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