I hope that this latest admission of guilt for these civil rights abuses by the Justice Department marks continued progress towards restoring justice and remedying these reputationally ruinous injuries.”Spokespeople for the FBI and Justice Department declined to comment. ADJustice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded that the FBI had adequate predicate to open the Russia investigation, which the bureau did months before seeking court authorization to monitor Page. Horowitz found, however, that an FBI lawyer had doctored an email during the process to obtain authorization to surveil Page. ADFBI Director Christopher A. Wray vowed a series of reforms after Horowitz’s report was released and detailed some of those in a filing to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court earlier this month. Some have threatened to strip the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of its legal authority, and the court itself has demanded changes.

Source: Washington Post January 23, 2020 21:24 UTC