find the court-ordered surveillance of carter page was valid and the report is also expected to conclude the fbi properly opened an investigation into connections between trump campaign figures and russians in 2016. but still has mistakes including the altered document that will likely add fuel to criticisms of the fbi by president trump and his allies. the low-level lawyer who allegedly altered the document is now the subject of a criminal investigation by john durham, appointed by attorney general bill barr to take another look at the intelligence used in the 2016 trump russia investigation. the president has said that he and his campaign were illegally targeted by the russia investigation, but the horowitz inspector general report is not expected to support that claim by the president. evan perez, cnn, washington. we have a lot to talk about. joining me to do that, senior political reporter from the huffington post.
general michael horowitz. now, despite those mistakes horowitz report is expected to find the court-ordered surveillance of carter page was valid, and the report is also expected to conclude that the fbi properly opened an investigation into connections between trump campaign figures and russians in 2016. but still there are mistakes including the altered documents likely adding fuel to the fbi by president trump and allies. the low-level lawyer who allegedly altered the document is the subject of a criminal investigation by john durham, appointed by attorney general bill barr to take another look at the intelligence used in the 2016 trump russia investigation. the president has said he and his campaign were illegally targeted by the russia investigation, but the horowitz inspector general report is not expected to support that claim by the president. evan perez, cnn, pawing. still to come, mayor pete
president donald trump the story alleges that the president directed his then lawyer michael cohen to lying to congress about his business ties to russia the report cites two unnamed law enforcement officers. the story made headlines across the world following its publication on thursday but then came this denial from the special counsel it reads buzz feed s description of specific statements of the special counsel s office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen s congressional testimony are not accurate. miller s office is investigating a legit russian interference in the us election and whether any trump campaign figures were complicit the statement is a rare intervention from miller s office which is known for being extremely tight lipped while the buzz feed reports claimed trump ordered cohen to lie about plans
he s lead fbi investigator who led the clinton email probe. whose text to his girlfriend lisa page included this. ju he could not remember anything about the british spy christopher steele passing the dossier along to justice department official bruce ohr. it was ohr who forwarded it to the fbi sparking the surveillance of trump campaign figures. remember carter page? the few details that comey had clarity on raise important questions. he told congress that the details of the steele dossier were unverified when they were used by the fbi to secure surveillance warrants of trump
of peter strzok. he s lead fbi investigator who led the clinton email probe. whose text to his girlfriend lisa page included this. ju he could not remember anything about the british spy christopher steele passing the dossier along to justice department official bruce ohr. it was ohr who forwarded it to the fbi sparking the surveillance of trump campaign figures. remember carter page? the few details that comey had clarity on raise important questions. he told congress that the details of the steele dossier were unverified when they were used by the fbi to secure surveillance warrants of trump