Lindsey Graham warns FISA court to 'take corrective action' after being 'misled' by Steele dossier
by Daniel Chaitin
& Jerry Dunleavy
| September 14, 2019 02:27 PM
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham warned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that it needs to “take corrective action†after being “misled†by the Justice Department and FBI through their use of British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s unverified dossier.
During a radio interview with Sean Hannity on Friday, after it was announced that DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz had submitted to Attorney General William Barr a draft of his report on abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the South Carolina Republican said his own "deep dive" investigation would include holding the FISA court accountable for its role in allowing the electronic surveillance of onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2016 and 2017.
Graham said he would send the results of his committee’s investigation to the FISA court and deliver a message to the judges: “You know it's your court to run, but I've got to be in charge of making sure that Americans' rights are protected.â€
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