For each item, we’ll quote the Nunes memo and the Democratic rebuttal directly, before we detail what Horowitz found. “We identified at least 17 significant errors or omissions in the Carter Page FISA applications, and many additional errors in the Woods Procedures,” he wrote. Nunes memo: “The dossier … formed an essential part of the Carter Page FISA application. The Nunes memo says the Steele dossier was an “essential part of the Carter Page FISA application,” but Horowitz only says it was “central and essential” to the decision to seek the FISA order, which is a notable distinction. ADNunes memo: “The Carter Page FISA application also cited extensively a September 23, 2016, Yahoo News article by Michael Isikoff, which focuses on Page’s July 2016 trip to Moscow.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 11:31 UTC