Just nine days before the FBI applied for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant to surveil a top Trump campaign aide, bureau officials were battling with a senior Justice Department official who had "continued concerns" about the "possible bias" of a source pivotal to the application, according to internal text messages obtained by Fox News....
Further, the texts show that on Sept. 12, 2016, Page forwarded to McCabe some "unsolicited comments" calling then-House GOP Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy a "total d--k." Gowdy, at the time, was grilling FBI congressional affairs director Jason Herring at a hearing on the FBI's handling of the Clinton email investigation.
But perhaps the most significant Page-McCabe communications made plain the DOJ's worries that the FISA application to surveil Trump aide Carter Page was based on a potentially biased source -- and underscored the FBI's desire to press on.
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Matt Whitaker says he ‘s looking at a ‘lot of interesting opportunities’
By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said he is looking into multiple opportunities, but cautioned an announcement about his future plans is not imminent.
Mr. Whitaker left the Justice Department earlier this month after a brief stint as the nation’s top cop. He had been serving as senior counsel at the Justice Department for a few weeks after Attorney General William P. Barr was sworn in last month.
“I am currently looking at many interesting opportunities,” Mr. Whitaker told The Washington Times as he departed a retirement ceremony for his former boss, ex-Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Mr. Whitaker told The Times he would likely stay in Washington, but was open to opportunities outside of the beltway.
He added that an announcement about his future plans is not likely to come soon.
Mr. Whitaker declined to comment about his recent appearance before the House Judiciary Committee.
Last week, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, New York Democrat, said during private testimony that Mr. Whitaker acknowledged Mr. Trump called him to discuss the campaign finance violation case against the president’s former attorney, Michael Cohen.
However, Republicans on the committee, including Rep. Doug Collins, Georgia, pushed back on Mr. Nadler’s comments. Mr. Collins said there was no evidence the former acting attorney general discussed the Cohen case with Mr. Trump.