REMEMBER THIS NAME AND REMEMBER THIS DATE: The name is Michael Horowitz. The date is Jan. 12, 2017. Horowitz is the Inspector-General of the Department of Justice. January 12, 2017, is the date Horowitz announced an investigation of these factors:
• Allegations that Department or FBI policies or procedures were not followed in connection with, or in actions leading up to or related to, the FBI Director’s public announcement on July 5, 2016, and the Director’s letters to Congress on October 28 and November 6, 2016, and that certain underlying investigative decisions were based on improper considerations;
• Allegations that the FBI Deputy Director should have been recused from participating in certain investigative matters;
• Allegations that the Department’s Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs improperly disclosed non-public information to the Clinton campaign and/or should have been recused from participating in certain matters;
• Allegations that Department and FBI employees improperly disclosed non-public information;
• Allegations that decisions regarding the timing of the FBI’s release of certain Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents on October 30 and November 1, 2016, and the use of a Twitter account to publicize same, were influenced by improper considerations.
The Horowitz probe is why Peter Strzok’s amazing emails were discovered. As sensational as those emails are, the more important question is what occasioned their becoming available to the Horowitz investigators. The DOJ IG is nobody’s fool and his report is just over the horizon. Just ask American Thinker’s Thomas Lifson.
There are more than 70 IGs in the federal government in positions created in 1978 during the Carter administration. There have been some bad eggs among the IGs over the years but collectively, the IG community has been the unsung hero in efforts to expose and prosecute waste, fraud and abuse in government. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has been the IGs’ strongest advocate in Congress.
And there’s this: The journo community in the nation’s capital has been rumbling in recent days about a bombshell report supposedly being prepared for publication by the Washington Post that will ruin the careers of dozens of Members of Congress, from both parties.
The Justice Department's inspector general was not consulted before the agency released an FBI agent's text messages to the media, the office said Friday.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz originally said in a letter to three House Democrats that DOJ officials did not consult with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) "in order to determine whether releasing the text messages met applicable ethical and legal standards before providing them to Congress."
Horowitz also said that the department also did not consult his office before sharing the messages with the press.
His letter appeared to contradict earlier testimony from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as well as a statement from Sarah Flores, the director of DOJ's office of public affairs, who told CNN that Rosenstein had consulted with the inspector general before releasing the messages.
We identified numerous instances in which Comey used a personal email account to conduct unclassified FBI business. We found that, given the absence of exigent circumstances and the frequency with which the use of personal email occurred, Comey’s use of a personal email account for unclassified FBI business to be inconsistent with Department policy.
We found that Strzok used his personal email accounts for official government business
lol, did Agent 1 and President Clinton discuss America's changing demographics during the interview or am I just reading too much into this
That's some bullshit there. If you assume Hillary is the POTUS, how can you say you are not treating her different. These agents aren't calling others the POTUS.
FBI Prioritized Russia Probe Ahead of Clinton Probe, According to Inspector General Report
The report called former Director James Comey insubordinate, and said FBI agent Peter Strzok prioritized the Russia investigation ahead of the Clinton email investigation.
On Page Xii of the IG report the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General (DOJ-OIG) highlights numerous FBI officials who accepted bribes from multiple media outlets including: “tickets to sporting events”, “golf outings”, “drinks and meals” as well as exclusive invitations and admission to “nonpublic social events”.
