The reelection campaign of President Donald Trump said findings from the highly anticipated Department of Justice Inspector General report showed “significant misconduct” carried out by the FBI under the Obama administration during the 2016 election.
“The Clinton campaign and the [Democratic National Committee] paid for foreign sources to manufacture fake dirt on President Trump and his campaign, resulting in the now-debunked Steele dossier,” written by former UK spy Christopher Steele, the campaign said in a statement on Monday following the release of the IG’s report.
