‘Blatant Abuse Of Power’: DOJ Officials Spied On Congressional Watchdogs Kash Patel, Jason Foster During Thier Investigation Of ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ Phony Russia Probe
The United States Department of Justice illegally surveilled Kash Patel and Jason Foster as the top GOP congressional lawyers investigated “Crossfire Hurricane,” the department’s codename for the Russian collusion probe.
New documents confirm the DoJ spied on Foster and Patel’s phone calls and emails in 2017 during an allegedly illegal “fishing expedition.”
Tejpal Chawla, a federal prosecutor and donor to Democrat campaigns, was one of the key culprits in the surveillance of the Republican attorneys.
In 2017, Congressional staffers launched an investigation into the US Attorney’s office over its “Crossfire Hurricane” probe, which alleged Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election.
Chawla, an Assistant US Attorney in the Washington DC US Attorney’s office,