'We did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the decisions' to open investigations into four Trump campaign aides, the report says.
The report also recommends that new guidelines be established for investigations into presidential campaigns. The report says a confidential human source had a conversation with an unnamed senior Trump campaign aide who was not a subject of the investigation in September 2016, but nothing came of it.
"We found that the FBI did not have information corroborating the specific allegations against Carter Page in Steele's reporting when it relied upon his reports in the first application or subsequent renewal applications," the report said. In a statement, FBI Director Christopher Wray said the FBI"accepts the report's findings and embraces the need for thoughtful, meaningful remedial action. I have ordered more than 40 corrective steps to address the report's recommendations."
James Comey, former FBI director, speaks to reporters after testifying before the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform Committees joint investigation in Washington on Dec. 7, 2018."The IG report confirms FBI was justified in opening an investigation that uncovered criminal activity by the President's campaign manager, national security adviser and other aides," Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, tweeted.
Perhaps the most concrete example of apparent misconduct the inspector general uncovered concerns what he says was the altering of an email regarding Page's relationship as a source to an unnamed government agency.
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