Consensus reached after multiple days and meetings among officials. We reviewed Department Policies and concluded Assistant Director pre steps exercise of description in opening the investigation was in compliance with those policies. We also reviewed, as we detail in the report, the emails, Text Messages and other documents of those involved in that decision, particularly mr. Pre steps. We didnt find documentary or Testimonial Evidence that indicated political bias or improper motivation influencing his decision to open the investigation. While the information in the fbis possession at the time was limited, in light of the Throw Threshold established by department and fbi predication policy which, by the way, is not a legal requirement but a prudential one in the fbi and Department Policies, we found that Crossfire Hurricane was opened for an authorized
investigative purpose and with sufficient factual predication. This decision to open Crossfire Hurricane which involved the activitie
protect? well, if it s a the threat outlined in the friendly foreign government information, you would be looking to protect the election process. right. which would include. the candidate. the campaign, the candidate and the american people. okay. so did they ever brief hillary clinton about efforts to foreign influences involving her campaign, do you know? i ve heard that but i don t know for a fact. they did. good for them. and they stopped it. was there ever a defensive briefing given by the fbi, department of justice to donald trump about the concerns? there was not. what would you call a counterintelligence investigation that never had a protective element? i m not sure, sorry, mr. claire man. if without eventually trying to protect the entity being