Former FBI Attorney Under Criminal Investigation For Fabricating Evidence In Russiagate Probe
Update 2: The Washington Post claims that "Horowitz found that the employee erroneously indicated he had documentation to back up a claim he had made in discussions with the Justice Department about the factual basis for the application. He then altered an email to back up that erroneous claim, they said."
The attorney forced out of the agency after the incident was discovered.
The Post says the conduct "did not alter Horowitz's finding that the surveillance application of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page had a proper legal and factual basis."
The Justice Department inspector general has found evidence that an FBI employee may have altered a document connected to court-approved surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser, but has concluded that the conduct did not affect the overall validity of the surveillance application, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.The person under scrutiny has not been identified but is a low-level FBI lawyer who has since been forced out of the FBI.... -Washington Post
Update: CNN has updated their story to include that the individual under investigation is a former FBI line attorney.
CNN updates its story: it's a former FBI line attorney.
Recall the testimony of FBI lawyer Sally Moyer - she reviewed the @carterwpage FISA app "in support of the line attorney"
Over the next few weeks, those who didn’t go to law school will start learning about the “fruit of the poisoned tree” doctrine. twitter.com/CNN/status/119…
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Don't forget Tashina Guahar, the FISA lawyer within the DOJ-NSD who assembles the FISA documents, left the DOJ quietly, recently last month, and went to work for Boeing. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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An FBI official is under criminal investigation for fabricating evidence related to the agency's surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page, according to CNN.
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