President Donald Trump called for a clean extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act following a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Though Trump has long blamed FISA for the federal surveillance of his 2016 presidential campaign, the White House has in recent days rejected calls from some conservative lawmakers to reform the program additionally.
Trump hosted Johnson at the White House on Tuesday for a meeting with members of the National Republican Congressional Committee, after which the president called on Republicans to “get a clean extension of FISA 702 through the House of Representatives this week.”
“I am asking Republicans to UNIFY and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor,” he wrote on Truth Social. “We need to stick together when this Bill comes before the House Rules Committee today to keep it CLEAN!”
Trump, despite claiming to be the “victim of the worst and most illegal abuse of FISA in our Nation’s History,” said that he was willing to “risk” possible surveillance from “Radical Left Lunatics” in order to “do what is right for our Country.”
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The president suggested that FISA was critical to both his Iranian and Venezuelan military actions this year.
“It is more important than ever that we remain vigilant, PROTECT our Homeland, Troops, and Diplomats stationed abroad, and maintain our ability to quickly stop bad actors seeking to cause harm to our People and our Country,” he continued. “The fact is, whether you like FISA or not, it is extremely important to our Military. I have spoken to many Generals about this, and they consider it VITAL. Not one said, even tacitly, that they can do without it — especially right now with our brilliant Military Operation in Iran.”
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