reached after multiple days of meetings by fbi officialsch we reviewed the department policies and concluded the assistant director's exercise of discretion in opening the investigation was in compliance with those policies. we also reviewed as we've detailed in the report, the e-mails, text messages and other documents of those involved in that decision and particularly mr. presteps and we did not find documentary of testimonial evidence that indicated political bias or improper motivation influencing his decision to open the investigation. while the information in the fbi's possession at the time was limited, in light of the low threshold established by the department and fbi pred indication policy, which by the way is not a legal requirement but rather a prudential one in the fbi and department policies, we found that crossfire hurricane was opened for an authorized investigative purpose