Memo Could End Russia Investigation, Lead to Criminal Investigations of FBI and DOJ Officials

Nunes memo shows Obama officials used Clinton-funded dossier to obtain spy a warrant on Trump team

Former FBI Director James Comey prepares to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "Russian Federation Efforts to Interfere in the 2016 U.S. Elections" on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

The much-anticipated House Intelligence Committee memo was released on Feb. 2, and details how the Obama administration used unverified opposition research to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page, beginning spy operations that likely expanded to include others on the Trump team.

Findings outlined in the memo show that former FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials used the Trump dossier as their primary source to obtain a spy warrant on the Trump team before and after the election, and withheld their knowledge from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that the dossier was paid for by the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign.