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BREAKING NEWS: Judges in secretive FISA court issue unprecedented public rebuke to the FBI over serious 'misconduct' in warrants to wiretap Donald Trump ally Carter Page—and demand to know how bureau will rebuild trust

FBI filed four requests with the secret court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

The requests were for surveillance warrants to spy on Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign

A report from the Justice Department's inspector general found 17 omissions or misleading statements in the FISA court warrant applications

Now the court's chief judge is demanding answers from the FBI

Court wants a briefing on how the bureai will avoid misleading the court, and reasons why agents should be considered trustworthy in the interim

A federal judge blasted the FBI on Tuesday for repeatedly submitting applications to wiretap former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page that were riddled with errors and omissions, and ordered the government to inform the court on how it plans to reform the process.

The scathing order from Rosemary Collyer, the presiding judge over the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), marks the first time the court has responded to the controversy, which became public last week with the release of a report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz.

Horowitz's probe scrutinized the FBI's actions in the early stages of its investigation into contacts between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, known as Operation Crossfire Hurricane.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7803115/Federal-judge-blasts-FBI-handling-wiretap-applications-ex-Trump-campaign-adviser.html