The DOJ Inspector Genereal Michael Horowitz a Barack Hussein Obama appointee finally released his report on FISA applications during the 2016 elections–
Mistakes were made, procedures need to be reviewed, blah blah blah.Horowitz whitewashed the whole thing. After his last so-called investigation
Here is a link to the full report.
From the report:
This AG Barr statement:
“The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken.”
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) December 9, 2019
Comey FBI offered Christopher Steele, the author of the junk Steele Dossier, a lucrative contract to dig up dirt on General Michael Flynn.
Your tax dollars at work paying a British hack to spy on an Obama foe and American hero.
Via Techno Fog:
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IG REPORT
The FBI used Christopher Steele to get information on General Flynn.
FBI promised Steele he would be paid "significantly" for this information.
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— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 9, 2019
The Department’s inspector general said in a new report that a bogus dossier put together by counterintelligence specialist[ Christopher Steele, a former head of the Russia Desk for British intelligence (MI6), played “a central and essential role in the decision by FBI OGC to support the request for FISA surveillance targeting Carter Page, as well as the FBI’s ultimate decision to seek the FISA order.”
FISA stands for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which created a secret court by which federal officials can petition a judge to conduct physical and electronic surveillance and the collection of “foreign intelligence information” between “foreign powers” and “agents of foreign powers” suspected of espionage or terrorism
The DOJ report, released Monday by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, laid out 17 separate inaccuracies across three surveillance applications, including the one dealing with Carter Page, who served as foreign-policy adviser to Trump during his 2016 presidential election campaign.
Predictably, some media allies of Democrats spinning hard. This is what the investigation was about, pg 361:
IG found "numerous serious factual errors and omissions in the FISA applications … that undercut certain allegations in the applications."
That, alone, is indefensible
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) December 9, 2019
Barr again in statement defending Trump: “It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory.”
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) December 9, 2019
“The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken,” Barr said, adding, “It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory.”
Comey, McCabe, Strzok and other FBI brass were all working together to take down Donald Trump during and after the 2016 election.
IG Report: FBI Official Higher Up Than Peter Strzok Involved in Opening “Crossfire Hurricane” .. Who was it?? OBAMA??
DoJ rpt: We further found that while Strzok was directly involved in the decisions to open Crossfire Hurricane and the four individual cases, he was not the sole, or even the highest-level, decision maker as to any of those matters.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 9, 2019
Deep Staters opened the counter intel investigation into Trump’s camp dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane” on suspicions (based on no evidence) that the Russians had infiltrated Trump’s circle.
The FBI never even gave Trump’s camp a proper briefing warning him about a possible infiltration.
Attorney General Bill Barr blasted the FBI on Monday in a statement.
“The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken,” Barr said, adding, “It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory.”
Comey, McCabe, Strzok and other FBI brass were all working together to take down Donald Trump during and after the 2016 election.
DoJ rpt: We further found that while Strzok was directly involved in the decisions to open Crossfire Hurricane and the four individual cases, he was not the sole, or even the highest-level, decision maker as to any of those matters.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 9, 2019
The report also shows the FBI was spying on at least four Trump officials and not just two.
Via Jim Jordan:
“We thought they spied on two Americans, we now know it was FOUR. The Inspector General’s report confirms what many of us feared: James Comey’s FBI ignored guidelines and rules in spying on President Trump’s campaign in 2016. e now know that within one week of the investigation opening, the FBI was surveilling the campaign and four specific individuals associated with it. The U.S. government’s powerful tools designed and authorized for international intelligence gathering were deployed to monitor the activities of a Presidential campaign. This is a grave matter that should deeply trouble Americans of all political stripes. There are many lingering questions, and I expect both @RepJerryNadler and @RepMaloney to convene hearings with Inspector General Horowitz as soon as possible.”
We now know that within one week of the investigation opening, the FBI was surveilling the campaign and four specific individuals associated with it. (2/4)
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) December 9, 2019
There are many lingering questions, and I expect both @RepJerryNadler and @RepMaloney to convene hearings with Inspector General Horowitz as soon as possible. (4/4)
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) December 9, 2019
Any one of us would be locked in GTMO already for the same kind of crimes Democrats are getting away with at the moment.
What’s the sense in obeying LAWS if the top LAW ENFORCEMENT agency doesn’t abide by laws?
US Attorney General Bill Barr also blasted the FBI on Monday in a statement
“The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken,” Barr said, adding, “It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory.”
Unlike Horowitz, Durham has real power to bring the coup plotters to justice, such as the power to indict and impanel a grand jury.
John Durham’s statement just put him on record. If he disagrees with the IG uncovered predication that started the “spying”, that can only mean Durham sees a conspiracy where the goals to achieve are political in nature at the least!
U.S. attorney John Durham releases a statement saying his office does "not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened.” pic.twitter.com/67CcCULyDt
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) December 9, 2019
“The only thing that matters to me is how he [Inspector General Michael Horowitz] will treat senior executives at the FBI and the Department of Justice,” said diGenova. “If he excuses their behavior and says it was understandable, then that should be a signal to the U.S. Senate to refuse to reauthorize the FISA court.”