The FBI may have abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on the very congressman tasked with overseeing FISA, according to revelations at a congressional hearing Thursday.
Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said at a committee hearing that he has reason to believe that he is the unnamed congressman who, a recently declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) admitted, FBI agents wrongfully conducted a search on.
LaHood is leading a working group tasked with oversight and renewal of Section 702 of FISA, Fox News reported. Last month, President Joe Biden asked Congress to reauthorize FISA provisions, calling it a “top legislative priority.”
“I want to make clear the FBI’s inappropriate querying
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