The extension would give Congress until April 19 to figure out how to reauthorize Section 702, named for its specific section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The primary target of the FISA warrant was Carter Page; however, everyone within two contact points of Carter Page was also under full Title-1 surveillance.
Phone calls, text messages, emails and all electronic communication was intercepted by the DOJ. Robert Mueller extended the surveillance with a June 29, 2017, renewal.
If the FISA-702 authorities are extended, this surveillance is what has been authorized to continue through April 19, 2024.
As a result, it is very likely candidate Trump is once again under a FISA authorized Title-1 surveillance warrant.
It's one thing to have American citizen Donald Trump under title-1 surveillance, it is another thing entirely to have the opposing candidate to the current administration under legally authorized surveillance by the DOJ-NSD. The end date of April 19, 2024, would align with a need to have more than reasonable suspicion to retain the surveillance.
Retaining the 702 status quo through April allows the surveillance to fall upon anyone in his campaign orbit.
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