I've read the IG report. The top officials whom signed off insinuated they rubber stamped the applications because their staff said everything was on the up and up. Trisha Anderson in the FBI general council office testified something to the effect the FISA was pre-approved by senior DOJ leadership for the first FISA application in Oct 2016.
Here is related article by Lee Smith on John Solomon’s new website.
Title: Declassified FBI memos undercut Mueller team claims that Papadopoulos hindered Russia probe
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I’ve read the IG report. The top officials whom signed off insinuated they rubber stamped the applications because their staff said everything was on the up and up.
If that is the case then the institution needs to take the fall: Abolish FISC.