But at the same time, the report found that FBI agents provided incorrect or incomplete information in its application to wiretap Trump campaign adviser Carter Page for his ties to Russia. The report notes that the IG did not make a determination as to whether the application would have been rejected if the information was included. The report also says that an FBI lawyer altered an email that was used in its FISA application for Page. Key background: Trump allies have long called on the Justice Department to “investigate the investigators” in the Russia probe. They say the FBI abused its power to unfairly spy the Trump campaign, questioning the credibility of the probe that eventually turned into former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Source: Forbes December 09, 2019 20:03 UTC