Report: GOP Lawmakers to Demand FISC Judge Reverse Decision to Appoint Obama Admin Lawyer to Oversee Reforms

Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC) has revealed that GOP lawmakers will appeal FISC Judge James E. Boasberg’s decision to appoint Republican/Trump critic and Obama Administration lawyer David Kris as amicus curiae to review of the FBI’s botched handling of its FISA applications.

Meadows told journalist Sara Carter that he and other top GOP lawmakers will send a letter demanding that Kris be removed from overseeing FISC reforms. He also said Republicans in Congress will work to ensure that the government no longer infringes on Americans’ civil liberties.

“I can tell you that a few of us, are not only appealing this to the Judge who has now taken over the FISA process but we are also looking at this when it comes to renewing the FISA process within Congress,” said Meadows.

He continued, “There’s a renewal of a section of the FISA that is coming up. I’ll be talking to (former Judiciary Chairman, now retired) Bob Goodlatte…we’re now working very actively with the administration to make sure that no American, not just the President of the United States, not Carter Page, it’s not just a few people but to ensure that no American’s civil liberties were actually infringed upon, and that’s what happened here.”
“Not only did it happen, but it happened deliberately and until we fix it...

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