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Former FBI Director James Comey admitted he was โwrong,โ noting on Fox News Sunday that the recently released Justice Department inspector generalโs report on the Russia probe launch did find โsignificant errorsโ in the FISA warrant applications related to a former Trump campaign aide.ย Following the release of IG Michael Horowitzโs report on Monday, Comey has been doing a bit of a victory lap, pointing to the inspector general finding there was no political bias and the FBI had sufficient evidence and predicant to launch the Russia probe. Horowitz, however, told Congress last week that his report didnโt โvindicate anybodyโ associated with the investigation.Fox News anchor Chris Wallaceโs grilling of Comey comes as President Donald Trump took to Twitter to complain about Fox News agreeing to interview the former FBI chief in the first place. The Comey interview on Fox News Sunday was booked shortly after Comey claimed Fox & Friends had canceled on him after the release of the IG report.Highlighting Horowitzโs remarks during their interview on Sunday, Wallace confronted Comey on the inspector general saying he shouldnโt feel any vindication from the report.โMaybe it turns on how we understand the word,โ the ex-FBI chief replied. โWhat I mean is the FBI was accused of treason, of illegal spying, tapping Mr. Trumpโs wires illegally, opening an investigation without justification and being a criminal conspiracy to unseatโdefeat and then unseat a president. All of that was nonsense.โComey went on to acknowledge there was โreal sloppinessโ in the process, prompting Wallace to explain that the "sloppiness" Comey was admitting to was how the FBI handled the FISA application of former Trump campaign official Carter Page.โ17 significant errors in the FISA process and you say that it was handled in a thoughtful and appropriate way?โ Wallace pressed.โHeโs right, I was wrong,โ Comey answered. โI was overconfident as director in our procedures.โย Wallace, meanwhile, continued to hold Comeyโs feet to the fire, telling the ex-FBI head that he made it โsound like youโre a bystander, an eyewitnessโ during the launch of the investigation, adding: โYou were the director of the FBI while a lot of this was going on, sir!โComey would go on to again admit that Horowitz was right in his findings on the FISA process, stating that if he were still FBI director he would try to get to the bottom of this.The Fox News anchor also took Comey to task over previously downplaying the role the infamous Steele dossier played in the FISA applications and probe, noting that Horowitz found that the document was more than just a โbroader mosaic,โ as Comey had previously claimed.โI'm not sure he and I are saying different things,โ Comey insisted, adding that โitโs a long FISA application that includes Steele material and lots of other material, I donโt think we are saying different things.โโYouโre saying it is part of a broader mosaic of just one element,โ Wallace countered. โHeโs saying it was the tipping point, itโs what brought it over. That doesnโt make it part of a broader mosaic, it makes it the centerpiece of the whole FISA application and the ability to surveil Carter Page.โ โI donโt understand him to be saying that, and I could be wrong with that,โ Comey shrugged.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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