Inspector general finds ‘significant errors or omissions’ in Trump adviser surveillance warrant

Date: Dec 10 2019

WASHINGTON — While clearing the FBI of political bias in opening an investigation into then candidate Donald Trump, a Justice Department inspector general report hands powerful new ammunition to the president’s allies, sharply criticizing the bureau for “serious performance errors” and “significant” errors and omissions in its applications for a secret surveillance warrant targeting a member of Trump’s campaign.  

Christopher Steele in 2017. (Photo: Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable on school choice in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in Washington. (Photo:  Evan Vucci/AP)
U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 18, 2018 in Washington, DC.  (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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