DOJ Says Surveillance of Carter Page Should Have Ended Earlier
By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Justice Department says it lacked sufficient evidence to continue surveilling former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2017.
The department revealed its assessment that it should have ended the surveillance sooner in a December letter to the Foreign Surveillance Court, which oversees surveillance of suspected foreign spies.
The letter, which was made public Thursday and obtained by Reuters, suggested the DOJ lacked probable cause to continue wiretapping Page.
The letter follows a review by the DOJ’s internal watchdog that concluded the FBI left out evidence evidence and went too far in its investigation of possible links between Russia and the Trump campaign.
Posted: 1/24/20 at 7:53 AM under News Story.
Tags: carter page, donald trump, FBI, Foreign Surveillance Court, Justice Department, Russia
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