Quote (thundercock @ Dec 9 2019 07:38pm)
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/09/inspector-generals-report-russia-key-takeaways-0790301. The FBI did not use the Steele dossier to open Russia probe
2. Lynch, Comey sat for IG interviews
3. No evidence political bias was a factor
4. Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were not decision-makers
5. Carter Page was the only Trump official under FISA surveillance
6. First Carter Page FISA contained seven significant inaccuracies and omissions
7. Steele dropped as FBI source after Mother Jones article
8. Steele had prior relationship with Ivanka Trump
9. Manafort was under investigation prior to Russia probe scrutiny
So, quite a few GOP talking points were debunked in this report but they are definitely going to latch onto items 5 and 6. I think we can all agree that this needs to be addressed in a significant way.
#1. that's stated in an odd way to avoid the facts. it was used to start investigations into people on and close to his campaign.
#2. correct
#3. there is no "documentary" or "testimonial" evidence of political bias. "evidence" of bias still does exist.
#4. they were not decision makers on the very specific installment of the FISC application. they were in other aspects of the investigations.
#5. the others weren't even in his campaign and were still under surveillance....
#6. not only were there inaccuracies and omissions on the first warrant, but allowed it to continually be renewed.
#7. yes, it looked pretty bad.
#8. didn't know that, i'm interested in learning more.
#9. true, and if i remember correctly, for good reason. but it didn't involve trump.