Trump attacks ‘Mueller Witch Hunt’ in new tweetstorm

The Department of Justice has released documents used by the government to justify the FISA surveillance warrant against Carter Page, a former campaign adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump. He also denied the possibility that Russian Federation tried to recruit him, and downplayed his previous role advising the Kremlin in 2013. Page is known to have been one of its targets.

The first question pertains to the judges who approved the applications.

The FBI released the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant application after news organizations and advocacy groups like Judicial Watch sued for its disclosure. The research firm behind Steele’s dossier was Fusion GPS, which in turn was funded by the Democratic National Committee and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. It’s time to create a new, a counterintelligence-related court.

During the interview, Fitton characterized the Steele dossier as “a Clinton campaign document” and said it was “a fraud and a hoax created to target Trump”, according to Trump’s tweets. The FBI believed Steele was a “reliable” source based on his previous work, according to the FISA documents. Avoided talking about it being the Clinton campaign behind it. The first allegations came last week after “wiretap application documents” stated Page was “engaged in clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of Russian Federation”.

The now-released document, however, does disclose that the “U.S. person” who hired Steele “was likely looking for information that could be used to discredit [Trump’s] campaign”, and added that the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes Steele’s reporting “to be credible”.

President Trump has jumped aboard another conspiracy theory about the Russian Federation investigation, and the central figure is Carter Page.

Tapper asked Page about being a past adviser to Russian Federation, to which Page said the term adviser was “way over the top”.

The application dovetails with the Democrats’ account.

Page has denied that he met with Sechin, but in Sunday’s interview he acknowledged for the first time that he had discussed sanctions with “a few people” in Russian Federation in “a loose conversation”.

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, says Page’s role is being exaggerated.

The non-redacted portions of the 400-page FISA document make serious claims about Page’s ties to the Russian government. “And we know they didn’t tell the court that Christopher Steele was out leaking information” to the press, Jordan (pictured above right) said. The Trump administration released the documents on Friday, following threats of a lawsuit from publications like the New York Times and USA Today to obtain them. He said the materials put the “conspiracy theories to rest”, while criticizing Trump’s decision to declassify their existence during a pending investigation.

Indictments issued by Special Counsel Robert Mueller so far have either been for crimes unrelated to the election campaign, as in the case of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort who was charged with money laundering charges that predated the Trump campaign, or relate to Russian nationals who allegedly used social media or hacking to interfere with the elections.