The top Republican and Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said the FBI needs an overhaul, after hearing testimony Tuesday from former Special Counsel John Durham.
Chair Mike Turner said that Mr. Durham’s closed-door testimony before the panel had both Republicans and Democrats concerned about the state of the nation’s premier domestic law enforcement agency.
“He gave us the impression that some of the misconduct is individualized — there were bad people doing bad things. But then some of it is systemic,” Mr. Turner, Ohio Republican, said. “Some of it is where we need changes so that there’s higher reviews, higher requirements for this to ever happen again.”
The former special counsel is set to testify publicly before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.’s handling of allegations that Russia interfered with the 2016 election to boost former President Donald Trump. He found that the bureau ignored guidelines, failed to consider information that countered allegations that the Trump campaign was colluding with Russia, and failed to show objectivity.agents were so eager to pursue Mr.
During the hearing on Tuesday, Mr. Durham briefed committee members about the probe’s findings. Rep. Jim Himes, the panel’s top Democrat, said the testimony proved that Congress needs to increase accountability measures at the“It’s not quite de-politicizing, but at least making sure that the acts in such a manner that Americans can’t point to their activities and say, ‘That’s clearly political,’” Mr. Himes, Connecticut Democrat, said. “We have a long way to go on that.”had made questionable moves not only in regard to Mr. Trump but also former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the 2016 race., in the October before a national election, announcing publicly an investigation of one of the two candidates,” Mr. Himes said, referring to a probe of her private email server.
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