Ex-FBI General Counsel James Baker: DOJ Inspector General Will Uncover ‘Mistakes’ in FISA Probe
“The inspector general is looking at everything we did,” Baker told CNN, per the Washington Examiner. “If the IG usually finds mistakes that we made, so I expect him to find mistakes this time.”
The former FBI official’s remarks come as Inspector General Michael Horowitz is expected to complete his review of alleged surveillance abuses committed by the Justice Department and FBI related to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court applications regarding former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page. Attorney General William Barr has stated the probe could wrap up by May or June. Meanwhile, Barr has assigned U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John Durham to look into the origins of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign, the New York Times reported Monday.
Baker’s remarks come after expressing uneasiness last week about Horowtiz’s forthcoming report on the bureau’s conduct. (((“I’m always nervous about the IG,))) I guess,” the former FBI official replied during a fireside chat with Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes in Washington, D.C, the Examiner reported.
(((“They’re coming in after the fact to look at what we did,”))) Baker continued, adding that during the probe the bureau was “trying to do it in real time and having the pressure to deal with these threats as they were coming.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/14/ex-fbi-general-counsel-james-baker-doj-inspector-general-will-uncover-mistakes-in-fisa-probe/
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