FBI Was Granted FISA Warrant in October to “Investigate Trump Campaign”
In October the FBI was granted a “FISA warrant” in regards to the Trump Campaign and so-called ties to Russia.
The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (also called the FISA Court) is a federal court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States by federal law.
A FISA warrant is an authorization to collect evidence, not to arrest.
As we all know by now, the FBI cleared Trump and his campaign of any “Russia ties,” but the liberals and dishonest media still can’t let it go.
However, in light of Trump’s latest allegations of Obama “wiretapping,” the bigger question is who requested this warrant and how closely is this linked to the wiretapping story Trump is referencing?
As Mark Levin put it, this is just some of what we know about the Obama administration and its intel/law enforcement tactics from the public record — aka, media reports.
This story is a November “exclusive” from Heatstreet, outlining the FISA warrant and what the Feds were interested in.
From Heatstreet
Two separate sources with links to the counter-intelligence community have confirmed to Heat Street that the FBI sought, and was granted, a FISA court warrant in October, giving counter-intelligence permission to examine the activities of ‘U.S. persons’ in Donald Trump’s campaign with ties to Russia.
The FBI agents who talked to the New York Times, and rubbished the ground-breaking stories of Slate ( Franklin Foer) and Mother Jones (David Corn) may not have known about the FISA warrant, sources say, because the counter-intelligence and criminal sides of the FBI often work independently of each other employing the principle of ‘compartmentalization’.
The FISA warrant was granted in connection with the investigation of suspected activity between the server and two banks, SVB Bank and Alfa Bank. However, it is thought in the intelligence community that the warrant covers any ‘US person’ connected to this investigation, and thus covers Donald Trump and at least three further men who have either formed part of his campaign or acted as his media surrogates. The warrant was sought, they say, because actionable intelligence on the matter provided by friendly foreign agencies could not properly be examined without a warrant by US intelligence as it involves ‘US Persons’ who come under the remit of the FBI and not the CIA. Should a counter-intelligence investigation lead to criminal prosecutions, sources say, the Justice Department is concerned that the chain of evidence have a basis in a clear warrant.
In June, when the first FISA warrant was denied, the FBI was reportedly alarmed at Carter Page’s trip to Moscow and meetings with Russian officials, one week before the DNC was hacked. Counter intelligence agencies later reported to both Presidential candidates that Russia had carried out this hack; Donald Trump said publicly in the third debate that ‘our country has no idea’ if Russia did the hacking. The discovery of the Trump Tower private Russian server, however, communicating with Alfa Bank, changed matters, sources report.
To further complicate the story, the FISA warrant was allegedly granted in part because of the involvement of Vladimir Putin’s own daughters. One is married to a senior official at Gazprom, where Carter Page and Paul Manafort reportedly have holdings; another to Kirill Shamalov, a banking official.
The fact that the alleged warrant was a FISA warrant is itself significant. The court exists to grant warrants to examine cases concerned with Foreign Intelligence.
Did Obama and the Hillary camp set all of this in motion to try and destroy Trump’s campaign, and in the process wiretap Trump Tower just weeks before the election?
Is the FISA warrant the actual “wiretap?”
There are still so many questions.
However, this scandal has the potential to bring D.C. to her knees and will end the clandestine reign of the dangerous “Deep State” who are out to destroy President Trump.
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So let me get this straight. The FBI had time to investigate President Trump’s campaign but they couldn’t find evidence of wrong doing to put hildabeast away? What a screwed-up agency.
My thoughts exactly. If Lynch ordered this You know Obama was benhind it. Crooks
First, we must cut the head of the beast off Soros. Next we must prosecute Obama and all of his Commie bastards. Enough of this, we rejected globalism when we elected Trump.
Well said, Greg!
Thank you!
Considering the dossier was compiled by a “former agent” would give it standing. Also, taking into account the pure hatred by many of the left and including many in foreign governments it is quite feasible this was undertaken by agents here and abroad to end a campaign by any and all means necessary. It cannot be denied that in the world of spying there is disinformation that is and was a means to an end. I submit this is one of those occasions. Is THIS why Christopher Steele went into hiding, because of a disinformation campaign that is backfiring more and more each day. According to news reports it was the Clinton campaign that originally hired this man. Therefore, THIS is the direction that the Congress SHOULD be looking into.
It is so amazing that so much time was spent on investigating Trump but the same investigators saw no alarm in Hillary Clinton???? I don’t think so? Hillary had thousands of alarms going on in her profile very suspicisions far beyond Trump. The democrats are so corrupt and dishonest!!! When will someone in congress get real. These evils will eventually DECADE AND DESTROY the democratic party, which is drawing closer everyday. Those moromms under Obama’s rhumb better wake up before they get deeper in their destruction.
“moromms ” rhumb…are these words of an unknown language?
So, pointing out typos is your way of refuting the assertion? Way to go. You are winning!
Jeff Sessions must fire Comey immediately and investigate him, Obama, Lynch, and everyone in the Obama administration that was involved. AG Sessions must also order Obama’s records unsealed. I want to see how fast Darryl Issa, John McCain, Lindsay Graham the rest of the “never Trump” Republicans are going take to demand an investigation into this.
I have had it. This is crazy we have a job to do we elected these people to take care of America I don’t give a damn about Russia..They didn’t vote in this election we the people of the United States did and Trump Won by Electoral College we got it it’s over over over. This has got to stop we can’t do daily business with this damn stuff and they know it nothing is getting done..They those Democract showed their ass the other night during the speech sitting down and not uploading and it knowledge Ing the veterans the education the rights of the people of this country what do we need with them if they’re not going to work together with each other we the people do United States need to do something about this we can’t continue fighting and blaming Russia for all of our problems they don’t like it find countries don’t like you calling them out it causes trouble for the United States . If I where Russia I would tell United States if you don’t stop talking about us I’m going to show you because you don’t mess with them you don’t cause trouble with them and this is got to stop we have got our own problems right here in the United States and it sure isn’t the hell about the past election that just happened it’s over ..But, One thing if the United States of America let people like the FBI and the other intelligence agencies to wiretap phones on the order of the president Obama and his staff then we are in some deep trouble here and I want to know Who is involved in all of this that they have another damn time and not taking care of this country we are so in debt and nothing was done except sold our soul to the foreign countries I’m so upset over foreign countries not having to pay a tax for goods coming United States but we have to that right there tells me it’s writing on the wall. But there’s more to all of this it’s about money hedge funds it’s about Pay for play it’s about mafia money being taken by our house of representatives and senators they’re fighting because Trump is not going to let them take anymore payoffs they can’t get extra money from lobbyist
Comey has a ten year contract. Wait, Darryl Issa is in with that group of traitors? Damn.
Whoa Nancy you are one mad hatter. Slow down and think about all of the confusion you have in this rant.