also obtained a wiretap order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court targeting Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser. Its application partly relied upon unverified information about Trump ties to Russia generated by an investigator who was indirectly paid by Democrats. The following spring, Mr. Mueller was appointed special counsel to take over the investigation after Mr. Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. Mr. Durham’s assignment is to review all intelligence collection activities related to the Trump campaign, the person said. Mr. Durham will now take over the FISA review assignment from Mr. Huber as part of his broader review, the person said.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2019 21:56 UTC