The conservative attorney's remarks came in response to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's assertion that the FBI investigation of Trump's campaign was a 'modern-day Watergate.'
McCarthy's remarks were a reference to the FBI surveillance of Trump's 2016 campaign. An investigation was launched by the Justice Department into the origins of the FBI surveillance, as the president and his supporters have argued it was politically motivated. However, inspector general Michael Horowitz's findings, which were, showed that the surveillance was"opened for an authorized investigative purpose and with sufficient factual predication.
Horowitz's report noted that the FBI did not insert any"spy" into the campaign, although FBI meetings with several campaign officials took place. It did not find any evidence of political bias influencing the investigation, although it noted that lower-level FBI officials had acted in a highly improper manner to obtain a FISA warrant for Trump campaign aide Carter Page. But the FBI leadership did not act improperly, the report said.
Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, who has announced he is switching from the Democratic to Republican Party, looks on as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy shakes hands with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on December 19 in Washington, D.C.The investigation against Trump's campaign was launched based on credible concerns about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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