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In January 2019, Congress passed a bill Nunes supported, which extends Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until 2023, and Trump signed it into law that month.
This sentence is off by a year. The Section 702 reauthorization was signed into law on January 19, 2018, not in January 2019.
Full reasoning
Official sources place the reauthorization in January 2018, not January 2019.
- The archived White House statement says President Trump signed the "FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017" on January 19, 2018 and that the law "reauthorizes Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act until December 31, 2023."
- The House Intelligence Committee's own press release, also dated January 19, 2018, says "President Trump Signs Section 702 Reauthorization Bill."
So the article's statement that Congress passed it and Trump signed it in January 2019 is incorrect; the correct date is January 19, 2018.
2 sources
- Statement by the President on FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 - The White House
Issued on: January 19, 2018 ... The Act reauthorizes Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act until December 31, 2023.
- President Trump Signs Section 702 Reauthorization Bill - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
January 19, 2018 ... House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes today issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act.
Compiled during Nunes' chairmanship of the Committee,
This misstates when the report was produced. Official sources say the declassified HPSCI report was produced in September 2020, after Nunes' chairmanship had ended.
Full reasoning
The timing in this clause does not match the official record.
- ODNI's July 23, 2025 release says the declassified House Intelligence Committee report was "produced by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) in September 2020" and notes that its most recent version was dated September 2020.
- The U.S. House's official History, Art & Archives page for Devin Nunes says he was chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence only in the 114th and 115th Congresses (2015–2017 and 2017–2019).
- An official September 30, 2020 House Intelligence Committee release states the committee was then "under Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA)."
So a report produced in September 2020 was not compiled during Nunes' chairmanship; by then, he was no longer chair.
3 sources
- New Evidence Uncovers Obama-Directed Creation of False Intelligence Report Used to Launch Years-long Coup to Undermine President Trump and the American People | Office of the Director of National Intelligence
DNI Tulsi Gabbard released a declassified oversight majority staff report produced by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) in September 2020 ... The HPSCI report was updated several times as the Committee received new information, with the most recent version dated September 2020.
- NUNES, Devin | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred Fourteenth and One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses) ... Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Full Committee Chair 114th (2015-2017) - 115th (2017-2019).
- House Intelligence Committee Report Finds Absent Significant Funding and Prioritization Changes, Intelligence Community Will Struggle to Compete with China for Decades | Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Democrats
September 30, 2020 ... Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) under Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) released the unclassified executive summary of its report.
"top two" primary race
This uses the wrong election term. California's 1998 contest was an "open primary," not the state's later top-two system.
Full reasoning
Calling the 1998 race a "top two" primary is historically inaccurate.
- The California Secretary of State's archived 1998 election materials say the 1998 Primary Election was California's first "open Primary." They explain that in 1998, "The top vote-getters in each race from each party will compete against each other in the November General Election."
- The Secretary of State's current explanation of California primaries says the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act took effect on January 1, 2011. It also explains that before that act, "the top vote-getter from each qualified political party ... moved on to the general election."
So the 1998 contest was not a modern California top-two primary; it was an earlier open/blanket primary system.
2 sources
- CA Secretary of State - Primary98 - Explanation of the Open Primary Law
The 1998 Primary Election will be California's first "open Primary." ... The top vote-getters in each race from each party will compete against each other in the November General Election.
- Primary Elections in California :: California Secretary of State
The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, which took effect January 1, 2011 ... Prior to the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, the top vote-getter from each qualified political party ... moved on to the general election.