Monday, December 9, 2019

IG excoriates FBI conduct in Russia probe, concludes FISA warrants misled court | John Solomon Reports

IG excoriates FBI conduct in Russia probe, concludes FISA warrants misled court | John Solomon Reports: The FBI’s investigation into alleged Russia-Trump collusion was properly opened without political bias in 2016 but quickly devolved into “serious performance failures” that misled the courts about the flaws with the bureau’s evidence and its star informant Christopher Steele, the Justice Department’s chief watchdog concluded Monday.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz spared few words for the FBI and its chain of command as he concluded the bureau misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court with at least 17 errors and omissions that rendered each of four applications for surveillance warrants grossly inaccurate.

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