The DOJ's internal watchdog told Congress that the FBI botched its high-profile investigation of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government efforts to tilt the 2016 election in Trump’s favor.
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog told Congress on Wednesday that the FBI botched its high-profile investigation of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government efforts to tilt the 2016 election in Trump’s favor.
The inspector general said he found no evidence that political bias influenced the decision to start the probe in July 2016 and said FBI officials had proper legal and factual basis for doing so, rebutting a chief accusation by President Trump that senior FBI agents and Justice Department officials orchestrated a “deep state” conspiracy targeting him.
Sen. Lindsey Graham , chairman of the committee, argued that it showed the FBI had engaged in a conspiracy to target Trump for investigation.“It was as if J. Edgar Hoover came back to life,” Graham said, referring to the FBI’s founder and longtime director who was known for nefarious spying activities.
“We need to rewrite the rules of how you start a counterintelligence investigation and the checks and balances we need,” he added.
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