Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. On Monday, he released his report on how the FBI abused the FISA warrant process to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign. There was much ado in The Media about his conclusion that there was no political bias in what became known as Operation Crossfire Hurricane. But, despite the Fake News Media claims, and those made recently by former FBI Director James Comey that the Horowitz report vindicates and clears the FBI of bias, they missed a crucial point. Horowitz only exonerated the initial beginning of Crossfire Hurricane of political bias. Specifically the actions by then Assistant Director of Counter-Intelligence, E.W. 'Bill' Priestap. During today's testimony, Horowitz did state that as the FBI operation moved forward, the bias issue becomes much "murkier", especially during the time of the application for a FISA warrant to surveil Trump campaign volunteer, Carter Page. Horowitz also noted that while his review of documents, including text messages and emails of FBI agents, lawyers and officials, some employees did have a pro-Trump bias. But, none of these pro-Trump employees were active members of the Crossfire Hurricane team. Many of that team demonstrated a very definite pollical bias against then Candidate Donald J. Trump.
