President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Republicans in Congress to vote against the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the measure that sets up a separate legal means for the federal government to obtain permission to surveil individuals who could be agents of foreign governments.
Notably, FISA warrants were approved by the court to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page, and officials have called for reforming the process after the Department of Justice’s inspector general last year found 17 significant errors and omissions during the process. Another report found that the FBI’s violations of FISA rules went beyond the scope of its investigation into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia in 2016.
