Friday’s FISA memo may not be the last. House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes says that the panel plans on releasing more memos in the future. His remarks came hours after the committee released a GOP-drafted document alleging politically-motivated surveillance abuses against the Trump team, amid objections from the FBI and Department of Justice. “This completes just the FISA abuse portion of our investigation,” Nunes told Fox
Friday’s FISA memo may not be the last.
House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes says that the panel plans on releasing more memos in the future. His remarks came hours after the committee released a GOP-drafted document alleging politically-motivated surveillance abuses against the Trump team, amid objections from the FBI and Department of Justice.
“This completes just the FISA abuse portion of our investigation,” Nunes told Fox News’ Bret Baier, using an acronym for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. “We are in the middle of what I call ‘Phase Two’ of our investigation, which involves other departments, specifically the State Department and some of the involvement that they had in this.”
“We continue to work towards finding answers and asking the right questions to try to get to the bottom of what exactly the State Department was up to in terms of this Russian investigation,” said Nunes.
The memo released Friday focuses on the FBI and Department of Justice. It alleges that federal officials relied on information from ex-spy Christopher Steele, who was paid by Democrats for his 2016 research, in obtaining a FISA warrant to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
“The ‘dossier’ compiled by Christopher Steele on behalf of the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign formed an essential part of the Carter Page FISA application,” the memo reads. “Neither the initial application in October 2016, nor any of the renewals, disclose or reference the role of the DNC, Clinton campaign, or any party/campaign in funding Steele’s efforts,” the document continues, “even though the political origins of the Steele dossier were then known to senior DOJ and FBI officials.”
