6 Big Takeaways From Watchdog’s Testimony Criticizing FBI Probe of Trump Campaign

Plus: IG Report Reveals 4 Spurious Allegations Basis for FBI Spying on Trump Aide Dec 12, 2019 Good morning from Washington, where the FBI’s investigative lapses on Russia get an airing in the Senate as a Justice Department watchdog details the bureau’s missteps in spying on a Trump supporter. Besides highlights of the hearing, we’ve got a review of the inspector general’s findings from three Heritage Foundation legal experts. On the podcast, Rep. Jody Hice talks about the IG’s report, impeachment, and unabated government spending. Plus: marriage and children vs. crime, the U.K.’s flirtation with socialism, and the return of our founding “Problematic Women” host. On this date in 1901, Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi sends the first radio transmission across the Atlantic. News [6 Big Takeaways From Watchdog’s Senate Testimony Criticizing FBI Probe of Trump Campaign]( [Photo]( By Fred Lucas Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, says the fact that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee paid for Christopher Steele’s work showed that “there was a bias that should have been disclosed to the court.” [More]( Commentary [IG’s Report Reveals 4 Spurious Allegations as Basis for FBI Spying on Trump Campaign Aide]( [Photo]( By Hans von Spakovsky The Horowitz report exposes 17 flagrant errors, omissions, and misstatements in the four FISA applications related to Carter Page, any one of which is inexcusable. [More]( Analysis [If Jeremy Corbyn Wins, Britain Will Move in a Socialist Direction]( [Photo]( By Lee Edwards If the Labour Party wins a majority, its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has promised to move Britain in an openly socialist direction, undoing many of Margaret Thatcher’s privatization reforms of the 1980s. [More]( Analysis ['People Want Justice': Rep. Jody Hice Talks IG Report and Impeachment]( [Photo]( By Daniel Davis "One of the biggest questions I have back home ... is, 'When are heads going to roll over all this corruption?'" says Rep. Hice [More]( Commentary [Marriage and Pregnancy Reduce Crime]( [Photo]( By Star Parker A new study finds that “pregnancy triggers sharp declines in crime rivaling any known intervention.” [More]( Commentary [Problematic Women: Beginning Motherhood in the NICU]( [Photo]( By Virginia Allen Kelsey Bolar shares her experience as a first-time NICU mother, how it has affected her pro-life views, and what this new season of motherhood has taught her. [More]( Commentary [My Son Was Addicted to Pot Vaping. Now, Congress Wants to Aid the Industry.]( [Photo]( By Tiffany Davidson My 17-year-old son compared his vaping behavior to that of a heroin addict, resorting to desperately heating empty marijuana cartridges with a lighter to eke out the last bit of noxious vapor. [More]( [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. [Donate to The Daily Signal]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Follow us on Twitter]( How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at [comments@dailysignal.com](. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [(800) 546-2843]( Add [morningbell@heritage.org]( to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]( -