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    FBI's probe of Trump campaign faced problems from the start

    by Del Quentin Wilber, Los Angeles Times Dec 23, 2019 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - When Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's internal watchdog, released a report that criticized the secret FBI surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser in 2016 and 2017, initial reports suggested the FBI had been too aggressive.

    But a close reading of the 434-page report, and interviews with current and former agents, suggest the FBI may have been too cautious, especially in the early stages of the investigation.

    The reason? The FBI was trying to stay out of politics.

    Worried about leaks, the bureau kept the investigative team small. It barred the use of subpoenas and other aggressive tools. And it ran the inquiry from Washington, not one of its 56 field offices.

    Partly as a result, it took

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