IG Report: FBI Had ‘Authorized Purpose’ to Investigate Trump Campaign, but Wrongdoing Found
by JOSHUA CAPLAN9 Dec 2019
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The Justice Department’s inspector general (IG) report states the FBI possessed an “authorized purpose” to investigate the 2016 Trump campaign, but says the bureau committed a series of wrongdoings in its handling of the operation.
The over 400-page report criticizes the FBI for “significant inaccuracies and omissions” in the bureau’s applications to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, stating agents “failed to meet the basic obligation” to make sure their applications were accurate.
“We do not speculate whether the correction of any particular misstatement or omissions, or some combination thereof, would have resulted in a different outcome,” the report said. “Nevertheless, the department’s decision-makers and the court should have been given complete and accurate information so that they could meaningfully evaluate probable cause before authorizing the surveillance of a US person associated with a presidential campaign.”
The report concludes that FBI officials overseeing the Trump-Russia investigation were not tainted by political bias and their information was “sufficient to satisfy the low threshhold” required to probe the Trump campaign.
The above details were first reported by the Washington Post.
by JOSHUA CAPLAN9 Dec 2019
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...d/?utm_source=breaking_news&utm_medium=banner
The Justice Department’s inspector general (IG) report states the FBI possessed an “authorized purpose” to investigate the 2016 Trump campaign, but says the bureau committed a series of wrongdoings in its handling of the operation.
The over 400-page report criticizes the FBI for “significant inaccuracies and omissions” in the bureau’s applications to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, stating agents “failed to meet the basic obligation” to make sure their applications were accurate.
“We do not speculate whether the correction of any particular misstatement or omissions, or some combination thereof, would have resulted in a different outcome,” the report said. “Nevertheless, the department’s decision-makers and the court should have been given complete and accurate information so that they could meaningfully evaluate probable cause before authorizing the surveillance of a US person associated with a presidential campaign.”
The report concludes that FBI officials overseeing the Trump-Russia investigation were not tainted by political bias and their information was “sufficient to satisfy the low threshhold” required to probe the Trump campaign.
The above details were first reported by the Washington Post.