' fQIUI וtl'';ז:ז~ f!J@8RIi '8'11 TO: AII Members ofthe House of Representatives Minority ז FROM: HPSC DA'fE: January 29,2018 e Record - Thc Russia Invcstigations וי g t וRE: Correctil

s against the ךlegatiol ו ouse of Representatives its a ו ·Thc HPSCI Majority' s move to release to the l is a transparent effort (נnvestigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (OO ז Federal Bureau of gress' investigations. It also risks ח e Special Counsel, and COרו e those agencies, t ךto undermil . ethods for no Jegitimate purposeןן public exposure of sensitive sources and I

, ce Act (FISA) proccssח igence Surveilla ו officials did not "abuse" the Foreign Intel נ Oס FBI and .rump campaign"ך the חס formation, or subvert this vital tool to spy ךזi ו omit matcria

and the FBI would have been remiss in their duty to protect the country had they not נ Oס , In fact , ewals to conduct temporary survcillance ofCartcr Pagc ך sought a FISA warrant and repeated rel someone the FBI assessed to be an agent ofthe Russian government. OOJ met the rigor , and evidentiary basis needed to meet FISA's probablc cause requirement, by י transparencY : g ח demonstrati ; eous evidence of Russia's election interference ךo contemporal o concerning Russian links and outl'cach to Tl'ulnp calnpaign officials ; o Page's history with RLlssian intelligence; and o Page's suspicious activities in 2016, including in Moscow .

The Committee's Minority has therefore prepared this memorandum to correct the record:

• Cllristophcr Stecle's raw intclligcllcc reporting did not inform the FBI's decision to -fact, the FBI's closely חן . telligencc investigation in latc July 2016 וinitiate its counteril nore than sevenז - y received Steele's reporting in mid-September ו held investigative team on into links ךweeks later. The FBI- and, subsequently, the Special Counscl's - investigatiol e Russian government and Trump campaign associates has been based on ןו between t ,"telligence information unrelate

ewa)s carefully ן DOJ's Octobcr 21, 2016 FISA application and thrcc subsequcnt rCI • g Page, who, at the time of וcd for the Court a multi-pronged rationale for surveillil וoutlil ed Page's past ו ger with the Trtlmp campaign. DOJ detai וOI ו the first application, was no 6 ו f cials during the 20וRussian of י d interaction witlך spies al ך llssial זships with I ן relatiol campaign, DOJ cited multiple soul'ces to Stlpport the case for surveilling Page - but made only narrow use of information froln Steele' s sources about t y his suspected July 2016 meetings in Moscow witl1ו chie .2016 וז Page's specific activities i , fact חן ' . Russian ofii cials e veryיו ligence. t ו the FBI interviewed Page in March 2016 about his contact with Russian inte .im a foreign policy advisor ןald Trump named I ןז month candidate DO

, formed the Court in subsequent renewals ןil נ Oס As Stee)e's reporting about Page's Moscow mcetings applications did.!lQ! otherwise rely on Steele's reporting, incl Llding any "salacious" allegations 1 • I י8I?ttM זי'ז'; '18MI!It!81 '8'81 'י P i'IiCRFT'()IASQU." about Trump, and the FBr never paid Steele for this reporting, While explaining why the FBI : d sources as reliable and credible, 001 also discloscdח g aח viewed Steele's reporti ; ship with the FBJח o Steelc's prior rclatio for his termination as a source; and חo the fact of and reaso ,ון itical motivation ofthose who hired hil ו e assessed po וו o t

• The Committec Majority's memorandum, which draws selectively 00 higbly sensitive classified information, includes otber distortioDs and misrepresentations that are ts, which the vast majority ofMembers of חf ed documeו contradicted by the underlying cJassi the Committee and the House have not had the opportunity to review - and which Chairman

ose not to read himsclf. J ו Nunes cl

Background

ess meeting, forced aח ated busi ו January 18, 2018, the Committee Majority, dUl'ing an unre חס g serious ח g mcmorandL.lm allegiח Jotlse a profoLlndly misleadi-ו I ו surprise vote to release to the fu abuses by the FB I and OOJ. Majority staff drafted the docLllnent in secret on behalt' of Chairman PUt fl'on1 Rep, Trey Gowdy), and then rushed ו es (and reportedly with guidance and ilח Devin NU . oLlt pl'ior notice וa party-line vott witl

{The overwhelming majority ofCommittee Members never received DO .ןThis was by desigl el'eforc could not judge the ן and tl ,ן forlnatiol ו f ed ilו assi ו authorization to access the underlying c veracity ofChairman Nunes' claims. Due to sensitive sources and methods, DOJ provided access ,king Member (or respective designees), and limited staff ח ly to the Committee's Chair and Ra ו ol c Committee's investigation into Russia's covert campaign to influence the 2016 ןו itate t ו to faci ease ofthis ו ot authorize the broader reח r rmed publicly, it didו has con נU.S. elections.2 As DO and the נ low DO ו ic, and Chairman Nunes refllsed to a ו infonnation within Congress or to the pub חf rst time iו eוו he permitted the FBI Director to see it for t ו FBI to review his document unti osure to the Housc . 3 ו anuary 28 - 10 days afier disc נ , HPSCI's secure spaces late on Sunday

FBI's Counterintelligence Investigation

fonned theך t !'cI1ewals, DO} accurately il ןd subsequelן its Octobel' 2016 FlSA applicatioll al 111 gח July 31,2016, afier receivi חס Court that the FBI initiated its counterintelligence investigation infonnation , George Papadopoulos revealed os ו o took intercst in Papadopouו that individuals linked to Russia, wl _ 1at Russiaו campaign foreign policy adviser, informed him in late April 2016 t

Papadopoulos's disclosure , moreover, occurred against thc backdrop ofRussia's aggrcssivc covert campaign to influence was alreu(ly monitoring. We would laLer learn in Papadopoulos's ז our elections, which the FB d assist by anonymously releasing were thousands ו plca that that the information the Russians cou ofHillary Clinton's emails . 5

e FBI's undel'l ying ו was consistcnt with tl חtatio ןtold the Court the truth. Its represel נ OO investigative record, which current and formcr senior officials later corroborated in extensive 2 _ iCIitiiT"trCS@r וifQP i

UC ASSlflE I ם UCtASSIFI ••'OB8R8"';"8F8 •• Committee testimony. Christopher Steele's reporting, which he began to share with an FBI agent _ through the end of October 2016, played no rolc in launching the FBl's investigation into Russian interference and links to the Trump campaign. In fact, SteeJe's reporting did not reach the counterintelligence team investigating Russia at FBr headquarters until mid-September 2016, more than seven weeks after the FBJ opened its investigation, because the probe's existence was so closely held within the FBI ,6 By then, the FBI had Sllb-in uiries into individuals linked tQ the

calnpaign foreign policy. advisor Carter Page.

As Committee testimony bears out, the FBJ would have continued its investigation, incltlding formation from Steele, never applied ו ad never received il וagainst _ individuals, even if it I for a FISA warrant against Pagc, or ifthe FISC had rejected the application , 7

DOJ's FISA Application and Renewals

t scrutiny and וewals received independel ן t application and subsequ<:2t rCI ו C initial warl'al ו TI II (\ (... '1ס .t George W ןו approval by fbur different federal judges, thi-ee of whom were appointed by PI'eside ~ . , .>:--~ t e.c vץ October 21 , 2016 ווס and one by President Ronald Reagan. DOJ tirst applied to the FISC ו Busl ו - v ג-for a warrant to permit the FBI to initiate electronic surveillance and physical search of Page for I-}.W f 90 days, consistent with F1SA requirements. The Court approved three renewals - in early January 2017, early April 2017, and late June 2017 - which authorized the FBI to maintain surveillance on Page until Jate September 20 J7. Senior OOJ and F81 officials appointed by the Obama and Trump Admil1istl'ations, inciuding acting Attorney General Dana 80ente and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, certified the applications with the Court.

FISA was not used to spy on Trump or his campaign. As the Trump campaign and Page have f liation with the campaign months before DOJ appliedוn aJ afדacknowledged, Page ended his fO l for a warrant. DOJ, moreover, submitted the initial application less than three weeks before the . the FBI's investigation had been ongoing since the end of July 2016 ך eJection, even thougl

cc and probable cause to believe Page wasן OOJ 's warrant request was based on compelJing evidel knowingly assisting clandestine Russian intelligence activities in the U.S :.

ad an וPagc's Connections to RU8sian Government and Intclligence Officials: The FBI I • independent basis for investigating Page's motivations and actions during the campaign , transition, and following the inauguration. As DOJ described in detail to the Court, J)age had an extensive rccord as rump campaign. He resided in Moscow from 2004- יד pl'ior to joining the rstled business deals with Rtlssia 's statc-owned enel'gy company

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_I ~ IiUl ז)N ljiiMfjilil'iוtf • Page remained on thc radar of Russian intelligence and the FBI. In 20 13, prosecutors indicted threc other Russian spies, two of whom targeted Page for recruitment. The FBI also interviewed Page multiple tilnes about his Russian intell igence contacts, including in March 2016. 10 The FBI's concem about and knowledge of Page's activities therefore long predate the FBl's receipt ofSteele's information .

• Page's Suspicious Activity During the 2016 Campaign: The FISA applications also detail Page's suspiciollS activ after 'oinin the Trump campaign in March 2016. Page traveled to Moscow in July 2016, du ng ty commencement address - an honor usually reserved for well-

o It is in this specific sub-section of the applications that DOJ refers to Steele's with Russian officials. Steele's וreporting on Page and his allcgcd coordinatiol information about Page was consistent with the FBl's assessment of Russian . S to Russian persons of interest ךectiol ו ce effol1s to recruit 11im and his conl וintel ligcl o In particular, Stecle's sources reported tllat Page met separately whi le in Russia with , and executive chairman of Rosneft ן Igor Sechin, a close associate ofVladimir Putil f cial. SechinוY, and Igor Divyekin, a sen ior Kremlin of ך Rtlssia's state-owned oil cOlnpal allegedly discussed the prospect of future U.S.-Russia energy cooperation and "an OVC to lift Ukraine-rclated wcstern sanctions against Russia." Divyekin ןןassociated I allegedly discJosed to Page that the Kremlin possessed compromising information on Clinton ("kompromat") and noted "the possibility of its being released 10 Candidate # 1's campaign." 11 [N()/e: "Candidate #1" refers to candidate Trump.] This closely p foreign policyח ing another Trul ןן forl ן tracks what other Russian contacts were il advisor, George Papadopoulos .

subsequent FISA renewals, DOJ provided additional information obtaincd tbrough חן • multiplc indcpcndent sources that corroborated Steele's reporting. o

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mittee, in which ןן Yto the COJ י ol ןן fonnation contradicts Page's Novelnber 2,2017 testilו his ilז he initially denied any such meetings and then was forced to admit speaking with

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ן', QlioP ".ז 88P OIii'RIiT and meeting with Rosneft' s Sechin-tied investor relations chief, Andrey ןDvorkovicl Baranov .

• The Co,.rt-approved surveillance of Pagc allowed FBI to collect valuable intelligence. collected important investigative information ז The FISA renewals demonstrate that the FB , t-approved surveillance. For instance·ו ducting Couו and leads by cOI

Page' s efforts sworn testimony to our Comlnittee.

DOJ's Transparency about Christopher Steele

DOJ repcatedly 7 ן, Far from "omitting" material facts about Stcele, as the Majority claims נ informed the Court about Steelc's background, credibility, and potential bias. DO n the FBI; hisו explaincd in dctail Stecle's prior I'elationship with and compensation fro d reason for his termination as a חcredibility, reporting history, and source network; the fact ofa . ate October 2016; and the likcly pol itical motivations of those who hired Stee1e נ source in

• DOJ was transparent with Court about Stcelc's sourcing: The Committee Majority, icials of impropcr "unmasking," faults ןad earlier accused Obalna Administl'ation ot ךI ו whicl f c U,S. persons and entities in the FISA applicationו for not revea1ing the naJnes ofspeci נOס appropriately upheld its longstanding practice of נ Oס , fact ו and subsequent renewals, rl y purposeful/y not "unlnasking" U.S . person and entity'י information ךprotecting U.S. citizel נסס . terintelligence investigation ךnames, unless they were themselves the subject of a coul f cient informationוf ers that provided the Court with more than sufו instead used generic identi an extensive expIanation to the חן . text of Steele's research ך derstand the poiiticai COJ ן to uJ discloses that Steele נ Oס , Court

hal aו {, lrce #1 [Sleelejlן ed 10 SQ וho indica ןH אן , llijied U.S. PerS )(11ז was app,'oaclled by an itie " duct I'esearcll regardingוו ed U.S. Pel'son /0 cO }וlli זed Ihe ideי וU.S.-based law.firl11 20 Ilad hi - ijied U.S, Pel',50n and Source #1 have a /ongו lies to Rus,fia. (Fhe jden 21 'ב!. Candidale #1 erson hired Source #1 10 conduct Ihis כvtanding hllsines.f relatiol1ship.j The iden1i.fied U.S. 1. heו ivatjon behind ו e Ino וIו ever advi,s'et/ SOllrce #1 as / 0וו n ב!י)(e.seal·c·h. The idel1ti.fied U.S. Per ,' ified lJ.S. Per.'Ionו 1e iclenוו alc.s Ihat ןCandidllle #1 '~ . /ies /0 Russia. The FBI,~ · p ecII ס/ researcJ1 ;n discredi( Candidate 111's campaign ...12 סו used ו!cotlld b ו n tha סi ו in{Orma יו king {oססן ikelvן was

faiJs to mentioll that SteeJe's research was נOס Contrary to the Majority's assertion tl1at onald Trump'sס חס comJnissioned by "political actors" to "obtain derogatory information ties to Russia,"23 DOJ in fact informed the Court accurateJy that Stecle was hircd by 5 8QP C5CRFT"D'Q§QBti Flfי UC ~ASS

_ J P]"ftr9FQPן8UI '•• politically-motivated U.S. persons and entities and that his rcsearch appcared intended for use "to discrcdit" Trump's campaign .

ק ln,Oll1lז ained the FBI's reasonable basis for ו OJ expע • correctly described Steele as so reviewed Steele's multi-year ו The applications a . formation DOJ used in ךזuding i ו e reporting on Russia and other matters, incו of credib criminal proceedings. 24 Senior FBI and DOJ ofTicials have repeatedly aftirmed to the Committee the reliability and credibility ofStecle's reporting, an assessmcnt al50 reflected in the FBl's underlying 50urce documents.25 The FBI has undertaken a l'igOI'OUS process to vet e's reporting, including with regard to l>age . 26 ו allegations from Stee

SC after it terminated Steelc as a sourcc for makingז rcd the Fו tiי) Thc FBI properly n • e Majority cites no evidence that the FBJ, prior וו unallthori7.ed discl()SllrCS to thc media. T f ling its initial October 21,2016 application, actllally knew or should have known of anyו to tacts by Steele. Nor do they cite evidencc that Steele ר allegedly inapPl'opl'iate media COI discloscd to Yah()(),' details included in the FISA warrant, since the British COllrt tilings to which they reler do not address what Steele may have said to Yahoo ! .

er.וe FBI acted promptly to terminate Steele a t וו at tוו informed the Court in its renewals t נ Oס that he had discussed his (ח f led the first warrant applicatioו learning froln him (after DOJ work with a media outlet in latc Octobel', The January 2018 I'enewal fllrther cxplained to the is וis unauthorized Inedia disclosul'e because of I וCourt that Steele told the FB 1 lhat he made I cement shortly betore the election that the FBIח irector Comey's public annou ס frustration at reopened its investigation into candidate Clinton 's email use ,

had "separately ז OJ never paid Steele for the "dossier": The Majority asserts that the FBע • Trump but negJects to mention that רנס authol'ized payment" to Steele for his research cver made. As thc FBl's records and Committee testiר paymcnt was cancelled and l initially considered compensation ז n s, althou the FBרו confi for ז e FB וו e ultimately nevcr received payment from t וStec , O] accurately informed the Court that Steele hadס any "dossicr"-relatcd information . 27 confidential hUlnan source since", for which he was "compensated ן FB ן becn al by the FBJ" - payment for previously-shared inforlnation of value s Russia investigation . 28 יו e FB רו unrelated to t

ןdull וthe Majority's Menlorar מ Additional OmissiorlS, Err()rs, alld Distortiorls i

• DOJ appropriaCcly pl'ovided the Court with a comprehensive explanation of Russia's election intcrfcrencc, includlng evidence that Russia courted anothcr Trump campaigll at Russian agents previewed their hack and וו advisor, Papadopoulos, and t evidence of any cooperation or סןן" at thcrc is ר dissemination of stolen emails. In claim ing tl [סס conspiracy between Page and Papadopoulos,"29 the Majority misstates the reason why y explained Russia's courting of Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos's interaction with ווf caו speci ce, providedת fere ינ I-time evidence of Russian election inte ם Russian agents, coupled with rc a broader context in which to evaluate Russia's clandestine activities and ר the Court witl _ ce only Pagcן Page's history and alleged contact with Russian officials. Moreovel', siJ 6 ••1 ." _".'" i 8lii M • ס ClASSIFIE ~ .יR ~ .jj'ff8P8R@ ~ 8 _,

____, 110 evidence of a separate conspiracy between him and ,~ DOJ would have been negligent in ornitting vital information about Papadopoulos and Russia's concerted efforts•

• In its Court filings, DOJ madc proper use of ncws coverage. The Majority falsely claims e FISA materials "relied heavily" on a September 23,2016 Yahoo! News article by ר that tl MichaeJ Isikoff and that this article "docs not cOl'roborate the Steele Dossier because it is derived from information leaked by Stcele himself." 30 In fact, OOJ referenced Isikoff"'s ot to provide separateח , article, alongside another article the Majority fails to mention corroboration for SteeJe's reporting, but instead to inforrn the Court ofPage's public denial jch also echoed in a 25,20161etter וofhis suspected meetings in M wl to FBI Dircctor Com

aracterizes ןe Majority Iniscl ןו lisleading. Tן Tlle Majority's refcrence to Bruce Ohr is I • Bruce Ohr's role, overstates the significance of his interactions with Steele, and misleads late November 2016, Ohr ו e FBI. IIוו about the timeframe of Ohr's commtlnication with t ation that ןן d inforlרש Steele ן informed the FBI of' his prior professionaJI'elationship witl e's concern about Trump being compromised by ן Steele shared with him (incltlding Stee Rtlssia). He a1so described his wifc's contract work ~ ith Fusion GPS, the firm that hired Steele separately. This occul'red weeks after the e1ection and Jnore than a month after the itial FISA application. -rhe Majority describes Bruce Ohr as a senior ו Court approved the il ed closc/y with the Oeputy Attorney Gcneral, Yatcs and later >וOJ ofticial who "worס SA process, but there ז order to imply that Ohr was somehow involved in the F ר Rosenstein," iJ is no indication this is the case .

Brtlce Ohr is a wel1-respected career protessional whose portfolio is drugs and ol'ganized crime, not counterinte1ligence. There is no evidence that he would hnve known about the he Majority's assertions, moreover, are יך . Page F[SA applications and their contents irrelevant in determining the veracity ,of Steele's reporting. By the time Ohr debriefs with the dependent1y corroboratingן ated Steelc as a source and was il ךFBI, it had already termil Steele's reporting abotlt Page's activities. Bruce Ohr took the initiative to inforJn the FBI of e Majority does him a grave disservice by suggesting he is part ofsomeוו what he knew, and t malign conspiracy .

• Finally, Peter Strzok 311d Lisa Page's text Inessages are irrelevant to the FISA e end ofר applicatioll. The Majority gratuitously includes reference to Strzok and Page at tl at political bias infected the FBI's investigation ר their memoJ'andum, in an effort to imply tl and OOJ's f(SA applications. In fact, neither Strzok nor Page served as affiants on the applications, which were the product of extensive and senior OOJ and FB( review. 32 In e Majority accuses them of "orchestrating leaks toן demonizing both career professiona1s, t1 essages, in which they critiqued a רt text n ן the media" - a sel'ioLIS charge; omits inconveniel both paliies; does not disclose that FBI ןןיס er officials and candidates fr ך wide range oC otl f ed 10 the Committee that he had no idea what Page andז Deputy Director McCabe testi and ignores Strzok's נtheir "insurance policy" texts ; 3 ו.Strzok were referring to i acknowJedged role in preparing a public declaration, by then Director Comey, about former Secretary C1inton' s "extreme carelessness" in handling c1assified inforrnation-which great1y damaged Clinton's pub1ic rcputation in the days just prior to the presidentia1 e1ection .

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, Lettcr 10 HPSCI Chairman Dcvin Nunes, Assistnnt Attorney General Stcphen Boyd, Depnnmcnt of JUslice ו January 24 , 2018 .

, Boyd, Depanment of Justice ן airman Devin Nunes, Assistant Attorney General Stepherן Letter 10 HPSCI CI ג : d PBI's terms of reviewן January 24, 2018. DOJ also confirmed in wriling 10 Minorily SlaffDOJ BI

ent has accommodated HPSCI's ovcrsight requcst by allowing repcaled in cl1mera rcvicws of ח the Departl Ihe mlltcrial in an appropriate securc facility under thc gencral slipulations thal (1) the Cllair (or his del(lgRte) Rnd the RRnking Member (or his delcgate) and two staff c.ch, with appropriRte security behalf of the Committee, (2) that the review take place in a reading מס clcarances, be allowed to review , enls nol leave Ihc physical conllul ofthe Depanment ו e docunו d (3) that II ו P al Ihe Depanment, al ו sel I ווו rOס ally requcstcd thal no notcsןו ature. Thollgh wc origi ן at Ihe revicw opportunities be bipl1rtisan in I ו I1nd (5) tl in acknowledgmcnl of a request by thc Committec ond recognizing that thc volume of documents , ן be lakel . ad incrcased with lime, the Department cventually al lowed noles to be tllken to facilitate HPSCJ's revie\v וI aterialזר ly Department officials to put the Iו gsן ort brietil וsl נ aterial inclllde (sic זרAlso, inilial reviews ofthe I . e additional information ןןI ס vide S ס pr סן d ו in contexl al

(. pha.~ is supplicd ן Email from Stcphen Boyd 10 HPSCJ Minority Stnff, January 18, 2018 (en

, t en Boyd, Department of Justiceו an Devin Nunes, Assistant Attorney General Step ןairnו Lctter 10 JiPSCJ CI נ . uary 24 . 2018 ו Jal

t at a Russian agentו t is initial ti p, by clarifying tו exturc to t ו October 5,2017 guilty plea adds further 'ל! s Papadopoulos e Russians had emails ofClinton"; "they have ןe Russiansj nave din on her"; "tlר t cy [tlוt al "Tו told Papadopou!os t . os (1: 17-cr- J 82, District of Columbia), p. 7 ןthousands of cmaiis." U.S. v. OeQrge PapadQPolI

t ave both pleaded guilty 10 Iying 10 fedcralו t e Speeial COllnsel's direction, Flynn and PapadopolJlosו IJnder t ו , is long-time aide רinvestigators and are cooperating \vilh the Special Counsel's investigation. while Manafon and I . p deputy campaign managcr Rick Gates, have been indicted on multiple counts and are awaiting trial רח former Tru .Ilicha/'d W ןJr., atd ,וי / a/oחס//ו . J ו bia); U.S. v. Pall ןן 17-cr-232, District of ColuI :1 ) /ן" y ן ~T. J ו aeןן v. Mic .י!כ !. } Sce Oalcs 111 (1: 17-cr-20 1, District ofColum~ il1); U.S. v. Oeo/'ge Papadopoulos (1 :17-cr-J82 , District ofColumbia .)

11 Dcpartmenl of Justice, Foreign InleJligence Surveillance C()urt Application, October 21, 20 16, p. 18. Repeated in subsequent renewal applications

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e Depal'tmenl Qj Justicc and וו1ce Sllrveillance ACI Ab'lses at tו ige ווMajority Memorandum, Foreign Inte ז HPSC 17 umcrating "omissions" of fact, regarding Steele ן uary 18, 2018, pp. 2-3 (el ן the Federa/ BlIreall ojIn\ 'estigation. Jal . (e Page FISA applications ן and his activities, trom tl

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, orcign Intelligencc Surveillance Court Application, Octobcr 21,2016, pp. 15-16, n . 8 :זDepartment of Justice, l 22 Repented in subscquent renewal applications .

at the Depa1·tnrent ojJus tice und ינce SU1'vei/lance Act Abllseו HPSCI Majority Mcmorandum, Foreign Inlel/ige1 3ב Ihe Federa/ BU1'eall oj In\'e:,·llgation. January 18,2018, p . 2 .

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, ntelligence ז ןInterview of Andrcw McCabe (FBI Deputy Director), House Permanent Select COlnmittee or 25 ent Select מ eral), House Permnמ December 19, 2017, p. 46, 100; Interview oFSally Yntes (former' Deputy Attorney Ge telligence, Novembcr 3,2017, p. 16; Interview with John Carlin (former Assistant Attorney General מ Committee on I . ent Selcct Cornmittee on lntelligence, July, 2017, p . 35ן for National Security), House Pc:rmar , teJligencc ןervicw of Andrew McCabc (FBI Deputy Dircctor), Hotrsc Permanent SeJect Comrnittee on 11ו In 26 December 19,2017,p. 100-10 1, 11 5 .

271nterview ofFBI Agcnt, House Permanent Select Committec on Intelligence, December 20,2017, p. 11 2.

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at the Deparlnle11t oj-JIJslice and ינ oreign Intelligencl! S!11'Vl!iflance Act Abllse;י HPSCI Majority Memorandum, l 29 the l;edera/ 8111'eau oj Invesligation. January 18, 20 18, p. 4 ("Thc Page FISA applicalion also mentions inforlnalion evidcrlce ofllny coopcration or סere is nן w Trump calnpaign advisor George Papadopoulos, bul tl ס regarding fe ll ."( lI10s ס spiracy between Page and Papadop ןcOI

u1 'veillance Act Abu.~ es at the Depal·t1nent qfJII.\ ·ti,·e and,נ' fnlelligence וו JO HPSCI Majority Memorandum, F01'eig ahoo! are specitically identified inץ sikolT nor ז er ן Ihe Federa/ Bllreau ojIn ve.vligalion, January 18,2018, p. 2. Neitl . eral praclice Ofl101 identifying U.S. pcrsons ןןthe FB I's gC ו e PISA Materials, in keeping witlו II

p_ 25 ; Departmenl ,6 ז Application, October 21,20 זtelligence Surveillance Cou t ן Department of Justice, Forcign II 1( o FBIז ce Court Application, Jantrary 12.2017, p. 31; Carter Pagc, t,etter מ of Justice, Foreign Intelligcnce Sllrveilla Director Jamcs Comey, Scpternber 25 , 2016 . 9 laוIAIi'"1IQ)i'i 1M 011 '.8 UCl SS '. 8Rfי g 8ו""" 8fJIJR '8 •

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