Rep. Calvert Statement on Release of HPSCI Memo

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) released the following statement regarding the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence memo concerning abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA):

"The memo released today by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence highlights a troubling abuse of our intelligence surveillance process. Any abuse of our FISA process should concern everyone. Americans deserve to be aware of these disturbing actions and should expect anyone involved in the FISA process to take steps to prevent them from happening again.

As I have said before, the investigations surrounding the 2016 election should go wherever the facts lead. The memo released today is not intended to influence the investigation by the Special Counsel, it is intended to shine light on an abuse of the FISA process. Furthermore, a great majority of the men and women at the FBI and Department of Justice do an extraordinary job protecting Americans. The memo released today highlights actions taken by a small number of people in the upper echelons of those agencies and should in no way be used to impugn the fine work performed every day by federal law enforcement officials."