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June 6, 2018
RELEASE OF IG HOROWITZ REPORT AGAIN POSTPONED
The first IG Report on Hillary's emails keeps getting postponed. Should the release coincide with the run-up of President Trump's meeting in Singapore with Kim Jong-un, it's clear the deep state has a hand in that too. Sara Carter reporting:
The Department of Justice and the FBI are deliberately attempting to slow roll and redact significant portions of DOJ Inspector General, Michael Horowitz’s report on the bureau’s handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation, according to numerous congressional officials and investigators. The 400-page report, which was completed several weeks ago and addresses Clinton’s use of her private server for government business, is currently being reviewed by the DOJ and FBI. According to sources, individuals mentioned in the reports are also allowed to review the document. It is expected to be “long and thorough” and will criticize the handling of the investigation by former FBI Director James Comey, who has spent the better part of the past several months promoting his book A Higher Loyalty. (More)
Meanwhile a very, very fed up official in the DoJ just leaked that the IG investigation has deemed fired FBI Director Comey's conduct in the Hillary emails probe, "insubordinate", which it was. He usurped AG Loretta Lynch's role after her covert tarmac meeting with Bill Clinton.
May 29, 2018
(REMINDER) WHO IS INSPECTOR GENERAL HOROWITZ?
An Introduction to Inspector General Michael Horowitz. CFA 500 employees. A $100 million budget. 1.2 million documents in the Inspector General’s possession. For delivery to the House Judiciary Committee by January 15, 2018 [delayed to June 2018]. (...) But exactly who is the Inspector General. (
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May 18, 2018
IG HOROWITZ COMPLETES FIRST DRAFT REPORT
The completion of a long-awaited watchdog report on the FBI and DOJ’s Hillary Clinton investigation during the 2016 presidential campaign has put Washington on edge, as the clock counts down to its potentially explosive release. (...) Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the draft report was done in a letter to members of Congress on Wednesday. (...) the inspector general said he has provided a draft report to the Department and the FBI, and requested that they review it to identify any information that should be protected from disclosure. “Additionally, consistent with our usual process, we have asked the Department and FBI to provide us with any comments they wish us to consider regarding the report’s accuracy and completeness,” Horowitz wrote in his letter to lawmakers. (
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April 20, 2018
IG HOROWITZ: CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST MCCABE
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has sent a criminal referral for fired FBI official Andrew McCabe to the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington. The move follows a recent DOJ inspector general report that found McCabe leaked a self-serving story to the press and later lied about it to then-Director James Comey and federal investigators, prompting Attorney General Jeff Sessions to fire him on March 16. A source confirmed to Fox News that the referral was sent. The Washington Post reported earlier that the IG referred the finding that McCabe misled investigators "some time ago," asking the top federal prosecutor for D.C. to examine whether he should be charged. (
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April 13, 2018
DOJ IG REPORT: MCCABE LIED FOR 'PERSONAL INTERESTS'
Andrew McCabe, the onetime acting director of the FBI, leaked a self-serving story to the press and later lied about it to his boss and federal investigators, prompting a stunning fall from grace that ended in his firing last month, according to a bombshell report released Friday by the Department of Justice's internal watchdog. Inspector General Michael Horowitz, appointed to the post by President Obama, had been reviewing the FBI and DOJ’s actions leading up to the 2016 election. The report, handed down to Congress Friday and obtained by Fox News, looked at a leak to The Wall Street Journal about the FBI's probe into the Clinton Foundation. The report says that McCabe misled investigators about leaks and did so in a way that did not fall under a "public interest" exemption. (
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BACKGROUND: WHAT IS THE IG REPORT?
The first independent IG's report was delivered on June 14, 2018. TCT has a video update to refresh our memory what the first report is all about: theDoJ's and FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton emails probe. A second probe is dealing with the consecutive Russian Collusion Investigation is expected by the end of summer.
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