Former FBI official under scrutiny by the Justice Dept. for allegedly altering a document related to the 2016 surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, sources say.
A former FBI official is under scrutiny by the Justice Department for allegedly altering a document related to the 2016 surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The potential criminal matter was referred to U.S. Attorney John Durham by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who has concluded a wide-ranging probe into the origins of that surveillance and other actions taken by DOJ and FBI officials involved in the early stages of the 2016 investigation into Russia's election interference.
Trump himself has taken those criticisms further, arguing the investigation should never have been launched in the first place. But it's not clear whether Horowitz's scrutiny of actions taken by FBI and DOJ officials will go so far as to argue against the legitimacy of the investigation, which, following the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller, resulted in federal indictments against 34 individuals and three Russian businesses on charges ranging from computer hacking to conspiracy and financial crimes.
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