Gregg Jarrett: Testimony in Russia probe shows FBI and Justice Department misconduct in effort to hurt Trump

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gregg-jarrett-testimony-in-russia-probe-shows-fbi-and-justice-department-misconduct-in-effort-to-hurt-trump

"The confirmed testimony dealing with FBI and Justice Department misconduct comes from Trisha Anderson, who served as the deputy general counsel of the National Security Law Branch, a division of the FBI. The division is in charge of counterintelligence lawyers and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act cases for the bureau."

"Anderson reported directly to James Baker, who was then FBI general counsel, when the FBI and Justice Department obtained four successive warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to wiretap Page.

Here is the relevant part of Anderson’s testimony before the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees on Aug. 31, which only recently came to light"

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“The sensitivity level of this particular FISA resulted in lots of very high level attention both within the FBI and DOJ. The general counsel (Baker) … personally reviewed and made edits to the FISA, for example. The deputy director (McCabe) was involved in reviewing the FISA line-by-line. The Deputy Attorney General (Yates) over on the DOJ side of the street was similarly involved, as I understood, reviewing the FISA application line-by-line.”

Anderson explained that Yates and McCabe did not merely rely on Baker’s vetting of the warrant application:

“I would not say that this was a circumstance where there was any deference given to Jim Baker. In other words, when Andy McCabe looked at it, certainly when Sally Yates looked at it, I don’t believe they were simply relying on the judgment of Jim Baker having reviewed the application,” Anderson said. “My understanding and my impression at the time was that they very much gave it their own de novo independent review and that, you know, it was very carefully reviewed by those individuals.”