a FISA order on an American citizen must be renewed by the ISC every 90 days and each renewal requires a separate finding of probable cause. The FBI and DOJ obtained one initial FISA warrant targeting Carter Page and three FISA renewals from the FISC. It then required the approval of the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General (DAG), or the Senate confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division. Consistent with requirements under FISA, the application had to be first certified by the Director or Deputy Director of the FBI. Page is a US citizen who served as a volunteer advisor to the Trump presidential campaign. On October 21, 2016, DOJ and FBI sought and received a FISA probable cause order (not under Title VII) authorizing electronic surveillance on Carter Page from the FISC. Our findings, which are detailed below, 1) raise concerns with the legitimacy and legality of certain DOJ and FBI interactions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), and 2) represent a troubling breakdown of legal processes established to protect the American people from abuses related to the ISA process. This memorandum provides Members an update on significant facts relating to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and their use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (F ISA) during the 2016 presidential election cycle. Subject: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Purpose “This is set out in the Democratic response which the GOP so far refuses to make public.” “In order to understand the context in which the FBI sought a FISA warrant for Carter Page, it is necessary to understand how the investigation began, what other information the FBI had about Russia’s efforts to interfere with our election, and what the FBI knew about Carter Page prior to making application to the court – including Carter Page’s previous interactions with Russian intelligence operatives,” Democrats on the committee said Friday in response to the release. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said Wednesday night that the version of the memo sent to the White House was different from the one the committee voted on, and the FBI issued a rare public statement expressing “grave concerns” about the memo’s accuracy. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi even called for Nunes’ resignation. But the vote was strictly on partisan lines, and drew condemnation from Democrats, who authored their own counter-memo. The House Intelligence Committee voted to release the memo last Monday, and it was promptly sent to the White House. “The Committee has discovered serious violations of the public trust, and the American people have a right to know when officials in crucial institutions are abusing their authority for political purposes,” Nunes said in a statement accompanying the release. The committee released the memo publicly on Friday afternoon.
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