On Feburary 2018, Cecilia covered the breaking story that a GOP memo implied that the FBI and Department of Justice abused their government surveillance powers and signaled political bias during the Russia Probe.

Cecilia got a statement from Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes who said, "The Committee has discovered serious violations of the public trust, and the American people have a right to know when officials in crucial institutions are abusing their authority for political purposes,"

In a report for ABC News, Cecilia wrote about the details of the memo, “The memo, written by Republican staff on the House Intelligence Committee, deals entirely with the process that led to the court-approved surveillance of former Trump Campaign adviser Carter Page, who authorities suspected at the time of being a Russian agent. It alleges the Justice Department requested and received a FISA surveillance warrant of Page in October 2016 because of information included in an infamous dossier written by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, who was employed by the opposition research firm Fusion GPS that received funding for the project, in part, from the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

According to the memo, then Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the Intel Committee "no surveillance warrant would have been sought from the FISC without the Steele dossier information." It also alleges the Democratic-funded Steele dossier formed "an essential part" of the Carter Page FISA application, but DOJ officials did not disclose to the court that the dossier was funded by Democrats in the midst of a presidential campaign. It also alleges the Democratic-funded Steele dossier formed "an essential part" of the Carter Page FISA application, but DOJ officials did not disclose to the court that the dossier was funded by Democrats in the midThe FISA application also allegedly cited a Yahoo article written by Michael Isikoff to corroborate the information in the dossier about Carter Page. The memo alleges Isikoff's source for that information was Christopher Steele.st of a presidential campaign.”

Awards

Cecilia Vega has been given many awards, she was a member of the KGO-TV news team that was given an Emmy Award in 2010. The Emmy was awarded for interviewing a person who had witnessed the attack to a student in a high school homecoming dance.

She got awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, Hearst Corporation, East Bay Press Club and The New York Times.

Personal Life

Cecilia Vega is a married woman and her husband is named Ricardo Jimenez. Ricardo is a highway patrol officer in California. He was praised when he pulled an intoxicated man to safety, away from the edge of the Bay Bridge’s. He got Meritorious Achievement Award from the Golden Gate Division Chief, Paul Frontana. He is a graduate of Loyola University and was a member of the Latin American Student Organization.