Overview
- Committee documents say an anonymous ‘former friend’ tip prompted the FBI to add Christine Crowder to the Terrorist Screening Dataset despite no corroborating geofence, facial-recognition, or criminal-history matches.
- Agents conducted at least four stakeouts of her home, monitored her air travel, and obtained a warrant to search her Facebook account in October 2022.
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office accepted the matter for potential prosecution in 2022, with prosecutors at points willing to proceed without a positive identification.
- The FBI interviewed the tipster in May 2022 and Crowder in May 2023; she provided clothing and a Lyft receipt placing her elsewhere, leading to the case’s closure in June 2023.
- Sen. Rand Paul released the records as part of a GOP-led oversight effort, with FBI Director Kash Patel calling the episode a misapplication of resources following Jan. 6.