@LindseyGrahamSC described the Horowitz report this morning at the Comey hearing as a "thorough examination" - while Bill Barr has done nothing but impugn the conclusion that the FBI investigation was adequately predicated. Graham is a grandstanding ham who is misrepresenting /1
the background and timing related to the information included in the Carter Page FISA applications. Graham is futilely trying to undermine an entire FBI investigation that Horowitz concluded was adequately predicated. Graham says he is trying to insure that what happened to /2
Page never happens again but no one can offer that assurance for an activity that is conducted by humans. Retrospective examination of almost any activity scrutinized as closely as Crossfire Hurricane will reveal things that might have been done differently, perhaps better. /3
No one denies that mistakes were made with the Page applications, but they were clearly outliers in terms of being representative of the FBI's FISA process. Subsequently, the Justice Dept. announced that additional FBI FISA applications identified by Inspector General Horowitz /4
as part of his investigation had been reexamined and all were found to contain sufficient facts tosupport probable cause. So, the Page application is the exception. Otherwise, if anything, the FBI's motivating factors for the Crossfire Hurricane investigation have been /5
corroborated by both the Mueller Investigation and the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Graham, and his ability to influence upcoming FISA renewal legislation, screams out for the Democrats to gain Senate control on Nov. 3./6
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.