DOJ: 'Insufficient' cause to wiretap Carter Page in Russia investigation
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department acknowledged that it had"insufficient" cause to continue wiretaps of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page as part of the bureau's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to newly released court documents.
"The court understands the government to have concluded, in view of the material misstatements and omissions, that the court's authorizations...were not valid," the court order states. 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.
Although the inspector general debunked claims by President Donald Trump that the Russia investigation was motivated by political bias, it revealed a dysfunctional system in which a team of investigators, handpicked to conduct one of the FBI's most sensitive investigations, committed"basic and fundamental errors."
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