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Omissions were in the fisa applications, progressives and civil libertarians have argued for years that the fisa process is being abused. and now that the republicans are outraged and affect people like carter page, is there an impetus to reform the process? >> fisa was passed in 1979 and there has been a number of additions to that to ensure that when federal law enforcement or the intelligence community looks to get electronic surveillance on an individual, especially an american citizen, that...

Vindication in that context. hes not talking about vindication in terms of the mistakes that were made and omissions that were made in the fisa application. >> nonetheless, what do you think this does, jeff, as far as comeys credibility? >> i think it definitely hurts his credibility as former director of the fbi. hes ultimately responsible, at that time he was, of the fisa warrants that are sent to the court. now, he has said, and its very clear to anyone, that you cant oversee in explicit deta...

James comey now admits he was wrong to apply for fisa warrants against a former trump campaign aide. this admission follows the release of a report from the justice departments independent inspector general which found no less than 17 significant errors and omissions in the fisa warrant applications against this man, carter page. the same report didnt find evidence to support his more sensational claims like accusations his campaign was illegally spied on due to political bias and comey emphasiz...

Country and not going to lie to their own citizens about something like this. and so we kind of oftentimes just dismiss the ukrainian -- what the ukrainians have said on this particular issue. >> i know you want to talk about this new report this week from the inspector general, the department of justice ieg inspector general rather. it made it clear that the russia investigation was launched properly but also revealed 17 significant inaccuracies and omissions were in the fisa applications, prog...

And when it returns, well be there. thats it for today. have a great week. we will see you next "fox news sunday". >> welcome to the journal editorial report. im paul gigot. the long awaited report from justice department inspector general michael horowitz was released this week on the fbis investigation into the trump presidential campaign. and although the report concludes there was no evidence of political bias, it details a shocking trail of abuse and failures at the fbi as the bureau pursue...

Michael horowitz report was altering of a document by a fbi lawyer. tell me about that. where are you expect accountability, congressman? >> well, as the inspector generals findings outline, what are referred to as errors and omissions are false statements, misrepresentations, destruction or alter ages of documentary evidence. what you have are fbi lawyers literally changing evidence to make false representations to the court to continue this counter intelligence investigation against the presid...

Fbi conducted this entire investigation. here is how he reacted to the i.g.s findings of whatever you want to call it, in the handling of the fisa applications. >> these irregularities, these misstates, these omissions were knot sat satisfactorily explained. i think that leaves open the possibility to infer bad faith. chris: given the repeated errors, some say abuses of the fisa process, does attorney general barr have a point. >> no. he does not have have factual basis as attorney general of th...

Say the opposite what they really represent and certifying that to the court. so you know, really terrible, again an indictment of jim comeys leadership at the fbi and of the things that the democrats said, again, most important point, to continue a counter intelligence investigation against a sitting president of the united states when there was no probable cause to continue it. that they started by making seven errors and omissions that were misrepresentations, alterations of evidence, then ad...

E. host of ground game comcast. katie pavlich. let me start with you. democrats are hanging their hat in terms of the i.g. report, in finding investigation of the trump campaign was legitimate i opened. there was no political bias. republicans on repeated abuses or errors in the fisa process. who has the better side of that argument? >> i think republicans do. democrats should be very concerned what the i.g. laid out in his testimony and his report. james comey, former fbi director in his interv...

Allowed you to surveil carter page who was a former foreign policy advisor to the trump campaign. again, here is what you said about the fisa process and what the inspector general horowitz said this week. take a look. >> total confidence that the fisa process was followed and that the entire case was handled in a thoughtful, responsible way by doj and the fbi. >> we identified significant inaccuracies and omissions in each of the four applications. seven in the first application, and a total of...