12-10-2019, 11:44 AM
The 2016 election interference investigation was already underway for cause before the Steele dossier. Steele's research was officially pushed aside by the FBI as a whole, due to non-verifiable content.
However, the IG's investigation concluded that some of that unverified content was used by some agents to justify additional surveillance of Carter Page anyway. It should not have been.
Those FBI agents concealed and misled the FICA court in regard to the source for some of the justifications behind the Page FICA warrants.
It's since been confirmed that associate deputy AG at the time, Bruce Ohr, was feeding Steele's claims to the FBI in an unofficial back channel that he kept from his boss (Sally Yates).
While none of that has been deemed illegal, it was definitely a serious breach of ethics, protocol, and good judgment (regardless of Ohr's and the FBI agents' intentions) and why Ohr has been demoted twice in recent years.
Anyway, FBI Director Wray has some serious clean-up and reform to undertake in regards to the agency's surveillance tactics.
Also, I won't be surprised if Ohr gets shit-canned from government service altogether as a result of IG Horowitz's findings and recommendations and Carter Page takes legal action against the government.
However, the IG's investigation concluded that some of that unverified content was used by some agents to justify additional surveillance of Carter Page anyway. It should not have been.
Those FBI agents concealed and misled the FICA court in regard to the source for some of the justifications behind the Page FICA warrants.
It's since been confirmed that associate deputy AG at the time, Bruce Ohr, was feeding Steele's claims to the FBI in an unofficial back channel that he kept from his boss (Sally Yates).
While none of that has been deemed illegal, it was definitely a serious breach of ethics, protocol, and good judgment (regardless of Ohr's and the FBI agents' intentions) and why Ohr has been demoted twice in recent years.
Anyway, FBI Director Wray has some serious clean-up and reform to undertake in regards to the agency's surveillance tactics.
Also, I won't be surprised if Ohr gets shit-canned from government service altogether as a result of IG Horowitz's findings and recommendations and Carter Page takes legal action against the government.