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At a House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing on Thursday, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) spoke about the FBI.
The House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing on Thursday to address concerns about the FBI's practices. During the hearing, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) spoke about his first experience with the FBI in 2017 as a member of the House intelligence committee.
After stonewalling for months, he was finally allowed to read the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) application on Carter Page and found that the FBI had lied to the FISA courts, Congress, and the American people. He expressed his disappointment and lack of trust in the FBI, saying that he would never speak to an FBI agent without his attorney present.
Rep. Stewart also discussed the findings of the IG (Inspector General) report on the Carter Page FISA application, which found 17 significant areas of omissions and 51 wrong or unsupported factual assertions, including FBI lawyers who made up evidence and included it in the application. He expressed disbelief that such an important application, targeting the President of the United States, could be so professionally flawed.
Former FBI agent Michael Baker testified that the FBI abuse was even worse than described and that Carter Page should not have been subject to FISA surveillance based on the guidelines in place at the time. He also noted that some of the information considered, including the Steele dossier, was later found to be false.
The committee discussed the need to restore faith in the FBI and hold them accountable. Rep. Stewart asked witness J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department lawyer, for his opinion on the 17 omissions and 51 wrong assertions in the Carter Page FISA application, but Adams declined to answer, directing the question to the Justice Department instead.
In response to the findings of the IG report, the FBI initiated reforms, including training for senior officials on how not to lie to the FISA courts, make things up, or hide evidence. Rep. Stewart expressed his hope that these reforms will help restore trust in the FBI, as many FBI agents are deeply offended by the findings and want to be held accountable.
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