Obama White House was privy to FBI spying on Trump campaign

The Application asserted that Page was publicly identified by Trump as part of his foreign policy team in March 2016.

Targeting Page would give the FBI access to all his emails - past and present, sent and received - whilst a member of the Trump campaign committee and perhaps even after he ceased to be a member until his removal from the circular chain of communications to members of the campaign committee.

Approval to the filing of the Application was required from the Attorney General. The Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates – deputizing for Attorney General Loretta Lynch – signed her approval. Again it is highly unlikely the Attorney General was kept in the dark about this Application.

An official in the Department of Justice – name redacted – requested the Court to authorize the activities described in the Application - which were redacted.

The Judge who heard the first Application – Rosemary M Collier –stated:

The Application has been made by a Federal Officer and approved by the Attorney General.

This Application to spy on an American citizen was therefore:

• Initiated by the Department of State
• Certified by an authorized signatory designated by President Obama
• Approved by the Attorney General
• Approved by the Department of Justice

Carter Page has never been charged with any offence.

Those in Obama's White House, Department of State, Attorney General's Office and Department of Justice may not be so lucky as Page - when current Attorney General William Barr concludes his own investigation.