The House Memo. It’s even worse than it was expected to be.
Full pdf here.
House Intelligence Committee Report On FISA Abuses by The Federalist on Scribd
A summary.
In a nutshell: Federal officials conspired to spy on a rival political campaign using information they had not verified from people they knew were untrustworthy. And these officials deliberately and repeatedly defrauded the judiciary by withholding key information.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 2, 2018
No FISA Warrant would have been granted without the Steele Dossier.
It ultimately comes down to this point. Ballgame. Over.
House Intel memo key point: The FBI’s Andrew McCabe confirmed to the committee that no FISA warrant would have been sought from the FISA Court without the Steele dossier information. Story posting soon.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 2, 2018
The Steele Dossier was the primary component of all FOUR FISA Applications.
Initial FISA Application plus THREE Renewals.
House Intel memo officially declassified. One key point: The Steele dossier formed an essential part of the initial and all three renewal FISA applications against Carter Page. Story posting soon.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 2, 2018
The FBI hid the origin of the Steele Dossier from the FISA Court granting the FISA Application.
Four times.
FBI takes “salacious and unverified” dossier to secret court to get secret warrant to spy on a fellow American, and FBI doesn’t tell the court that the DNC/Clinton campaign paid for that dossier.
And they did that FOUR times.
Read #NunesMemo. #MemoDay https://t.co/Ls02ktHcgD
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 2, 2018
Circular reporting used to obtain FISA Warrant and Renewal.
So we now know that a warrant to spy on the Trump team was issued based on media reports.The same media reporting based on information provided by an opposition research firm being paid by the DNC & Hillary Clinton. Congratulations Democrats,you now own the police-state. #MemoDay
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) February 2, 2018
The FBI used articles created and leaked by Steele as supporting documentation for the Steele Dossier in gaining FISA Approval.
Steele was source of the Yahoo Article.
5) Yes, this means that when asked about supporting information for the Steele dossier, the FBI pointed to articles that Steele himself had helped create by leaking the dossier information.
— Kyle (@HNIJohnMiller) February 2, 2018
Stated another way. Because this point is important.
FBI used articles planted by Fusion GPS to corroborate the Steele dossier compiled by Fusion GPS, which they then leaked to produce more stories. There was a bouncing ball between media/govt/media to create and weaponize the Russia collusion narrative. pic.twitter.com/AW8HAmfWNj
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) February 2, 2018
The FBI knew from the very beginning.
More House Intel memo key point: The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications. https://t.co/jzSl1tzhfc
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 2, 2018
The entire upper echelon of DOJ involved.
Ohr’s boss is Deputy AG Sally Yates. Yates’ boss is AG Loretta Lynch.
More House Intel memo key point: DOJ official Bruce Ohr relayed information about Christopher Steele’s bias. Steele told Ohr that he, Steele, was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected president and was passionate about him not becoming president. https://t.co/0RoIarYAah
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 2, 2018
Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr gave opposition research – paid for by the DNC and prepared by his wife – to the FBI.
This fact was kept hidden from the FISA Court.
This is beyond shocking. It is so much worse than what anyone who has followed this story expected. pic.twitter.com/pfRuCSqKMH
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 2, 2018
This.
McCabe knew that the FISA warrant was obtained using shady dossier and that all extensions were based on the original application. The Obama administration then used information that Hillary paid for to justify spying on @realDonaldTrump. If I got that right should be game over.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 2, 2018
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