McCabe Admits Mistakes In Russia Collusion Investigation

Daily Report April 15,2024

The reactions surrounding the passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) took a dramatic turn after Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted that the FBI made mistakes when it spied on former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.

TRUMP: “I’m not a big fan of FISA.. You know they spied on my campaign.” pic.twitter.com/2sxRHOlbgu

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 12, 2024

McCabe, in an interview on “CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta,” responded to Trump’s Truth post calling on Congress to end FISA. The former FBI director, while trying to make the case for FISA, argued that Trump was confusing the issue.

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“It's just not that hard. If you want to go after an American, if you want to look at their information, GET A WARRANT.” #FISA pic.twitter.com/D3aeDlRhUj

— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) April 12, 2024

“Donald Trump is really confusing the issue. FISA is a big law. It has a lot of different sections. Part of it is used against people here in the United States,” McCabe told host Jim Acosta. “You go to the court for a warrant to enable you to do electronic surveillance. That’s not what we’re talking about. Section 702 is only used to capture the communications when people meet three criteria. You have to be a foreign person in a foreign place and the purpose of the collection has to be to get foreign intelligence. It is our primary vision into what terrorists, spies and people who use weapons of mass destruction and nation states that use cyber tools against us, what they’re doing overseas.”

Freedom surrendered is rarely reclaimed. I’m hopeful that we make progress protecting the 4th Amendment today! #FISA pic.twitter.com/PPWKWWhfew

— Warren Davidson 🇺🇸 (@WarrenDavidson) April 12, 2024

Trump has claimed that FISA was illegally used to spy on his campaign in 2016. McCabe claimed that while Trump’s request to end FISA is wrong, the FBI made mistakes when they used it to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016.

.@SpeakerJohnson was incredibly wrong to vote w/ Dems against the 4th amend. when he killed the FISA warrant requirement and wrong to give in to the Dems spending demands. As I see it now, I'm not so sure there's a difference between him being in charge and Dems being in charge. pic.twitter.com/NoyRhUrvRM

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) April 14, 2024

“There is no truth or accuracy in that post at all, 702 authorities were never used in the course of that investigation of Donald Trump and his campaign and some of his campaign associates,” McCabe said. “He may be referring to the FISA that was used, that [was] obtained to surveil Carter Page. We now know there were many mistakes in that FISA. Those are all regrettable, but that is not Section 702. Totally different thing here.”