IG Horowitz Says FISA Surveillance Without Legal Foundation Is ‘Illegal Surveillance’

IG Horowitz Says FISA Surveillance Without Legal Foundation Is ‘Illegal Surveillance’
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz arrives before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 18, 2018. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Inspector General Michael Horowitz told a Senate Judiciary hearing that surveillance without a legal foundation is “illegal surveillance.”

His comment came after he accused top officials in the FBI of mishandling a flawed effort via a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court to get authority to surveil Carter Page, an American foreign policy adviser who worked on President Donald Trump’s election effort.

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