Posted on 05/24/2022 4:13:47 PM PDT by Libloather
FBI agent Curtis Heide testified in court Tuesday that he is currently the subject of an internal investigation into allegations that he withheld key evidence from an application to surveil a figure in the bureau’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
FBI agent Curtis Heide testified in court Tuesday that he is currently the subject of an internal investigation into allegations that he withheld key evidence from an application to surveil a figure in the bureau’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Mr. Heide took the stand in U.S. District Court in Washington in the criminal trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann. The FBI agent said that others in the bureau are also being investigated, but he did not say how many or what positions they hold.
It is the first time anyone associated with the FBI has confirmed that an internal probe into agents’ handling of its Trump-Russia collusion investigation is ongoing.
Mr. Heide said he’s under investigation for allegedly withholding “consensual recordings” from a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Application (FISA) to surveil a target in the Russia probe.
The agent did not name the target of the probe, but it’s likely former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page, who was the subject of a FISA warrant.
“There are various consensual recordings … and the exculpatory information was not disclosed in the FISA court,” Mr. Heide told the court.
Mr. Heide denied that he withheld information and said the investigation has not yet been completed.
He also acknowledged that the investigation was a serious allegation that could have “serious consequences” on his career.
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What I’m getting from the trial is:
1. Hillary set the rumor in motion with the Media.
2. Her law firm, Perkins et. al. and Michael Sussman in particular, fed it to the FBI.
3. The FBI knew it was all B.S. (either at the outset, or very quickly thereafter).
4. The 7th Floor (FBI leadership) nevertheless pushed the investigation down to lower levels who were told that it had “originated with the DoJ”.
Some of these people are lying under oath. But what is clear is that James Comey is going to be the next target.
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