Mike McCaul wants Justice Department inspector general to investigate FBI's FISA application of Carter Page
by Anna Giaritelli | Feb 5, 2018, 11:16 AM
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul on Monday said he wants the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate the FBI's Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act request to spy on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
"The inspector general is looking at this particular investigation, but I would respectfully request and recommend that the inspector general expand its investigation into this FISA warrant application to determine whether it was valid or not," McCaul said following his State of National Security speech at George Washington University Monday morning.
The Texas Republican applauded the inspector general's probes into other FBI agents' political motivations because those allegations are concerning on their own. McCaul was referring to an investigation into texts between the FBI agents who talked about keeping President Trump from winning the 2016 election. Both had been working on the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails at the time.
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