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John Ratcliffe: “The Department of Justice and the FISA court acknowledged…”

Featuring: John Ratcliffe, Republican | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | National

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Ratcliffe Questions Director Wray in FBI Oversight Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:47

That's what happened, right, Director, again, I would just refer you to the report. Well, the report acknowledges that. So does The Department of Justice and the FISA court acknowledged that this was illegal surveillance with respect to at least several of these FISA applications because there was not probable cause or proper predication. Correct? Right. So to the point of one of my Democratic colleagues that there was no fraud on the court. (03:47–03:58)

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Asserts that the DOJ and FISA court acknowledged illegal surveillance due to lack of probable cause or proper predication.

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