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| 'No political bias' in FBI probe of Trump campaign | 'No political bias' in FBI probe of Trump campaign |
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| A US watchdog has found no evidence of political bias when the FBI launched a probe into the 2016 Trump campaign, despite "serious performance failures". | |
| The US Department of Justice inspector general's report concluded the law enforcement bureau had "authorised purpose" to initiate the inquiry. | The US Department of Justice inspector general's report concluded the law enforcement bureau had "authorised purpose" to initiate the inquiry. |
| But the report also found applications to spy on a Trump aide had "significant inaccuracies and omissions". | But the report also found applications to spy on a Trump aide had "significant inaccuracies and omissions". |
| The 476-page report provides fodder for Trump critics and supporters alike. | |
| Inspector General Michael Horowitz first announced the Department of Justice investigation in March last year. | Inspector General Michael Horowitz first announced the Department of Justice investigation in March last year. |
| Since then, he has reviewed more than one million records and conducted more than 100 interviews. | |
| The FBI launched its inquiry in 2016 to look for any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government before the US presidential election. | |
| The watchdog's report sought to assess the basis for the FBI's surveillance of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser who had lived and worked in Russia. | |
| Mr Horowitz's report found the FBI's use of confidential informants was in compliance with agency rules. | |
| But he also faulted the FBI for its failure to meet agency standards when applying to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) for authorisation to monitor Mr Page. | |
| "That so many basic and fundamental errors were made on four FISA applications by three separate, hand-picked teams, on one of the most sensitive FBI investigations... raised significant questions regarding the FBI chain of command's management and supervision of the FISA process," the report says. |