In at least two of the four warrant applications filed with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Justice conceded that it lacked 'probable cause to believe that Page was acting as an agent' of Russia, the court revealed Thursday.
The Justice Department declined comment Thursday.
In the FBI's package of reforms, ordered by the FISA court, Wray pledged an overhaul of its training program for agents and lawyers to ensure that information used to support future surveillance applications is complete and properly vetted. "The frequency with which representations made by FBI personnel turned out to be unsupported or contradicted by information in their possession, and with which they withheld information detrimental to their case, calls into question whether information contained in other FBI applications is reliable," Collyer wrote.
The findings, nevertheless, fueled new attacks on the legitimacy of the Russia investigation by Trump and Republican allies who have long accused the FBI of spying on the Trump campaign."It’s about time federal authorities entrusted with our most powerful and intrusive surveillance tools begin to own up to their failures and abuses, and take steps to restore public confidence," said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a vocal critic of the FBI.
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