The federal surveillance process was “not used appropriately” during the wiretapping of a former Trump campaign aide, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz told senators Wednesday.
Review of FBI's surveillance of Trump campaign aide doesn't 'vindicate anybody,' inspector general saysWASHINGTON — The federal surveillance process was “not used appropriately” during the wiretapping of a former Trump campaign aide, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz told senators Wednesday, intensifying the harsh light his office has placed on the FBI.
Horowitz, however, concluded the FBI was legally justified in launching the counterintelligence investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the committee chairman, said the mistakes Horowitz found are not just “a few irregularities,” but a systemic failure in which Justice Department officials “took the law in their own hands.”
Specifically, the inspector general looked at the FBI's applications to wiretap Page, as well as its decision to investigate other campaign aides and Trump associates. The surveillance of Page continued from 2016 to 2017, even after the FBI gathered information that weakened its justification for the wiretap.
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