hunt without merit. the origins of the investigation that started it all are now the subject of a lengthy official review by the u.s. justice department. and as the so-called horowitz report is expected to show, mistakes were made. cnn s evan perez has the details. reporter: the justice department is investigating a former fbi lawyer who allegedly altered an internal document used to prepare the 2016 surveillance war application on a former trump campaign adviser. the altered document is among a number of mistakes that are expected to be cited in an upcoming report by justice department inspector general michael horowitz. despite the mistakes, horwitz s report is expected to find that the court-ordered investigation of carter page was valid. and the report is also expected to conclude that the fbi improperly opened investigations between trump campaign figures and russia in 2016. but it s those 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, who was pointed by attorney general bill barr to take another look at the intelligence used in the 2016 trush-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. next here, swastika, racist stickers, sexist social media posts. students are fighting back after u.s. universities are hit with hate crimes. we ll tell you about that. also how olympic gold medalist is kept out of the loop, why the gymnast is outraged over the investigation of her former team doctor. - [spokeswoman] meet the ninja foodi pressure cooker,
house judiciary committee which is expected to draft articles of impeachment. a vote by the full house could come by christmas. here s cnn s manu raju with more about it. reporter: house democrats are planning to take their impeachment deliberations behind the scenes. and expect those deliberations to be intense and active over the next several of days, including next week. thanksgiving week. a holiday week in the u.s. in which the lawmakers are going to be gone on recess but staff of the recent committees as well as members of nancy pelosi s staff will discuss exactly how to move fore. and the first thing they re going to do is finish a report being written right now by the house intelligence committee along with two other committees detailing the findings of this investigation that has been going on for roughly seven weeks. this investigation, of course, is focused on the issue of ukraine, the president s handling of the relations with that country and whether or not he withheld se
allegations, officials knew biles had concerned about him, nassar is the disgraced former dock for the u.s. gymnastics team accused of sexual assault for years. the pain doesn t go away, new f out. according to testimony provided to congress, thes facts show that biles had concerns about nassar in 2015. stand then it went up to the change of command to steve penny. the report also said biles name wasn t initially given to the fbi as someone investigators should speak to as the agency conducted a criminal investigation. this while biles a star was rising. she made numerous appearances
that he borrowed language from president trump in terms of call of these indictments politically motivated, saying it was a witch hunt and a coup. and saying that the investigators need to be investigated. what does that mean? he s saying that the very basis on which this investigation may imply is that. and the message, a day of rest, it doesn t matter your political persuasion, you could use a rest today given the shabbat message. all of these protests will be decided in court and we will accept the court s decision. there is no doubt about it. this is a framework, we will safe guard it and we will always in the end and the beginning act by the rule of law. of course, that s important in terms what he s saying there. but this is the key here. this means that those who did not act by law in the police or in the prosecution, there should