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An FBI agent may have altered a document at the beginning of the Carter Page/Russia-Trump probe.
The Justice Department is investigating an FBI official for allegedly altering a document that was central to the Trump-Russia probe, according to an explosive report.
CNN reported that the document was retrieved when the Justice Department was investigating the FBI’s surveillance of Carter Page.
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The document was central to the FBI’s surveillance of a Trump campaign official in 2016, according to a new report from CNN.
Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, has reportedly turned the evidence over to John Durham, the U.S. attorney who is leading a criminal investigation into the origins of the Russia-Trump probe.
“The finding is expected to be part of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s review of the FBI’s effort to obtain warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Carter Page, a former Trump campaign aide,” CNN reported.
CNN did not say who the FBI official is or what document was altered.
This was CNN’s chyron an hour ago, before they reported that an FBI official is under investigation for altering documents in the Russia probe. Great job guys! pic.twitter.com/z21MA87Ck2
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) November 21, 2019
UPDATE
A former FBI lawyer who was forced out of the agency is under investigation for possibly modifying the documentation for a FISA warrant but it didn’t affect anything.
“The Justice Department inspector general has found evidence that an FBI employee may have altered a document connected to court-appointed surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser [Carter Page], but has concluded that the conduct did not affect the overall validity of the surveillance application.”
Therefore, it’s a no-never-mind except the agent is in trouble.
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