FBI expresses ‘grave concerns’ over accuracy in so-called FISA abuse memo
By Dan Boylan and Sally Persons - The Washington Times - Updated: 1:40 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 2018
The FBI expressed concerns Wednesday about the validity of a highly contentious House intelligence committeememo that alleges the bureau and Justice Department illegally spied on the Trump campaign in 2016.
Written by chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, the memo was cleared for release by the committee in a party vote on Monday night and now awaits approval from the White House to be released publicly.
“With regard to the House Intelligence Committee’s memorandum, the FBI was provided a limited opportunity to review this memo the day before the committee voted to release it,” the bureau said in a statement released Wednesday.
“As expressed during our initial review, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy.”
President Trump was overheard Tuesday night at the State of the Union telling a lawmaker that he “100 percent” planned to release the memo.
Mr. Trump was responding to Rep. Jeff Duncan’s questions as he left the jam-packed House chamber following his speech.
On Wednesday morning, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said he believed Mr. Trump will release the memo.
“It will be released here pretty quick, I think, and the whole world can see it,” Mr. Kelly said on Fox News Radio.
But Bloomberg reported that FBI Director Christopher Wray told White House officials that the memo “paints a false narrative.”
The FBI’s statement on Wednesday added that the agency “takes seriously its obligations to the FISA Court and its compliance with procedures overseen by career professionals in the Department of Justice and the FBI. We are committed to working with the appropriate oversight entities to ensure the continuing integrity of the FISA process.”
The document, which has been made available to the whole House, reportedly shows abuses in the intelligence community in order to obtain FISA warrants on Trump campaign aides. Democrats on the committee said the Republicans are misleading the situation and risking national security by publicly releasing the memo.
They drafted their own response to the document, which House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said is still being reviewed for classified information, but will also likely be released.
My comments: WHO IS THE FBI?--Is it Christopher Wary? WHO IS IT? Does the FBI remain as Corrupt now, as it was under Obama? AG Sessions must look into this.
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