On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray caught hell from Rand Paul over the Trump-Russia “collusion” investigation in 2016.
The Senate hearing came after Democrat lawyer Michael Sussman was indicted by special counsel John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the “Russian collusion” narrative that sprung up after Trump won an improbably victory over Hillary Clinton.
At issue was the FBI’s role in seeking Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants on Trump associates – Durham’s indictment contends that Sussman was working for the Clinton campaign when he fed false information to the FBI, and lied about his ties to Clinton.
Particularly, Paul has a problem with American intelligence agencies trying to subvert Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights.
“You think there was not any problem with this investigation in the Crossfire Hurricane?” Paul asked. “You think it was all completely appropriate, nobody in the chain of command was biased and it just occurred because they were curious?”
On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray caught hell from Rand Paul over the Trump-Russia “collusion” investigation in 2016.
The Senate hearing came after Democrat lawyer Michael Sussman was indicted by special counsel John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the “Russian collusion” narrative that sprung up after Trump won an improbably victory over Hillary Clinton.
At issue was the FBI’s role in seeking Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants on Trump associates – Durham’s indictment contends that Sussman was working for the Clinton campaign when he fed false information to the FBI, and lied about his ties to Clinton.
Particularly, Paul has a problem with American intelligence agencies trying to subvert Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights.
“You think there was not any problem with this investigation in the Crossfire Hurricane?” Paul asked. “You think it was all completely appropriate, nobody in the chain of command was biased and it just occurred because they were curious?”
Paul continued, “We just indicted one of the Clinton lawyers yesterday for lying to you guys. You guys took it hook, line, and sinker and said, ‘Oh well we’ll just investigate a major presidential candidate.'”
“And if you don’t see there’s a problem and that we need more controls on this and that we need to somehow obey the Constitution, I would say the same for President Biden, I would say the same for a president of any party,” Paul added.
