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GOP Lawmakers Press Spy Court For Answers About Ex-DOJ Official Picked To Monitor FBI Reforms
[Daily Caller] Two leading Republican lawmakers pressed the judge presiding over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) on Thursday to explain his choice of former Justice Department official David Kris to monitor the FBI’s proposed reforms in response to an inspector general’s report regarding surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser."If the FISC’s goal is to hold the FBI accountable for its serious misconduct, Mr. Kris does not appear to be an objective ‐ or likely effective ‐ amicus curiae for several reasons," Rep. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows wrote to Judge James Boasberg, who presides over the FISC, in a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. "At minimum, the selection of Mr. Kris creates a perception that he is too personally invested on the side of the FBI to ensure it effectuates meaningful reform." The Republicans cited Kris’s commentary during the heat of the Trump-Russia investigation defending the FBI’s surveillance of Carter Page, a Trump campaign adviser. (RELATED: Ex-DOJ Official Picked To Oversee FBI Reforms Was Ardent Defender Of Carter Page Surveillance) Kris criticized Republicans who accused the FBI of submitting misleading information to the FISC in order to wiretap Page. Kris asserted that the bureau would not have misled the FISC in order to obtain surveillance warrants. Related: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: 2020-01-12 Mollie: Spy Court Picks FISA Abuse Denier To Tackle FISA Abuse Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: 2019-12-25 WSJ Editorial Board: Robert Mueller Should Have to Answer for His Trump Dossier Dodge Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: 2019-12-22 FISA court judge demands info about FBI lawyer linked to Carter Page warrant Posted by: Frank G 2020-01-17 |
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