From the WashingtonTimes.com:
Trump orders Russia probe documents declassified
by S.A. Miller
President Trump on Monday ordered the declassification of FISA court documents and Justice Department text messages related to the Russia probe.
The House and Senate intelligence committees have been seeking the FISA documents, warrant applications that could shed light on how the FBI in 2016 justified spying on Carter Page, a Trump campaign official.
He ordered the declassification of 19 pages of the application to the secret FISA court that approves surveillance on U.S. citizens, all FBI reports of interviews with Justice Department official Bruce G. Ohr prepared in connection with the Russia investigation, and all FBI reports of interviews prepared in connection with all FISA applications regarding Mr. Page.
Mr. Trump also directed the Department of Justice and FBI to publicly release all text messages relating to the Russia investigation from the key players in the genesis of the probe of Trump campaign collusion with the Kremlin.
Those players include former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI official Peter Strzok, former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and Mr. Ohr.
President Trump has decided, apparently, to meet a firestorm with one of his own, one that, I submit, is long overdue. The tip of the iceberg.
But the iceberg is cracking.
"Fruit of the poisonous tree," anyone?
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