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Apr 19, 2018 · Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has issued a criminal referral to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. related to fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a lawyer for...
Aug 29, 2019 · The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated this investigation, following a referral from the FBI, after the FBI determined that Comey may have shared memos that contained classified information with individuals outside the FBI.
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- James Comey Was Insubordinate …
- … But There’S No Evidence of Comey bias.
- There’S No Evidence That Broader FBI Bias Affected The Investigation …
- No Criminal Referrals Outlined …
- … But Disciplinary Referrals For Five People
- Unresolved: The Weiner Laptop Delay
The report concluded that Comey was insubordinate to his superiors when he went outside the department’s chain of command and broke with FBI norms to announce his initial findings, and then later, to announce he was reopening the Clinton investigation without notifying higher-ranking officials.
Comey based his decisions on what he believed was the FBI’s institutional interests, the report concluded.
The inspector general “did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigative actions we reviewed.”
The report does not outline any criminal referrals, though the inspector general’s office is not required to make any such referrals public.
The report refers five current or former FBI employees for potential disciplinary action under the bureau’s internal guidelines for conduct, based on their politically-weighted texts and emails while working on the Clinton investigation. The report named two of the five employees as Strzok and Page, and referred to the three other unnamed employees...
The inspector general found that political bias may have been in play, but could not be proven, in the FBI’s delayed decision to look into the emails discovered on Weiner’s laptop in September 2016. The bureau’s New York field office executed a search warrant for the laptop on Sept. 26, 2016, and was aware of the discovery of thousands of emails by...
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Apr 20, 2018 · Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz sent a criminal referral for Andrew McCabe to the U.S. Attorneys Office in Washington D.C. (AP) Inspector General Michael...
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Michael E. Horowitz was sworn in as the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 16, 2012, following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Mr. Horowitz was previously confirmed by the Senate in 2003 to serve a six-year term as a Commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Dec 11, 2019 · Dec 11, 2019 6:45 PM EDT. Transcript Audio. In 434 written pages and more than five hours of live testimony, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz shared his perspective on...
Sep 18, 2019 · Print. By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said Wednesday that he referred former FBI Director...
