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inspector general report

Jan 2020

Justice Department concludes it lacked legal basis for surveillance of Carter Page

John Sexton Jan 23, 2020 4:41 PM

“…its final two orders to surveil Page ‘were not valid.'”

Dec 2019

Who was the confidential source mentioned in footnote 461 of the IG report?

John Sexton Dec 19, 2019 6:41 PM

“McCabe told the OIG he did not remember giving those instructions, and could not tell us why he might have done so.”

Horowitz: ‘We didn’t credit’ the explanations we got from the FBI for multiple FISA failures

John Sexton Dec 18, 2019 5:01 PM

“There are so many errors.”

FISA Court rebukes FBI for inaccurate applications (Update: FBI responds)

John Sexton Dec 17, 2019 5:03 PM

“The FISC expects the government to provide complete and accurate information in every filing with the Court.”

Glenn Greenwald asks Washington Post national security reporter to admit he was wrong about FISA warrant

John Sexton Dec 12, 2019 2:41 PM

“the contempt in which the media is held, as dangerous as that is, is fully deserved…”

ACLU: The FBI’s FISA warrant on Carter Page was ‘alarming from a civil liberties perspective’

John Sexton Dec 10, 2019 3:03 PM

“Steele was used to corroborate Steele on allegations that were later deemed unfounded.”

Barr: Sure seems like the FBI acted in “bad faith” in Operation Crossfire Hurricane

Ed Morrissey Dec 10, 2019 2:01 PM

“…a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by a completely irresponsible press.”

Trump blasts FBI director: What report was he reading, anyway?

Ed Morrissey Dec 10, 2019 8:41 AM

Barr: Ahem.

The IG Report on the reliability of the Steele Dossier

John Sexton Dec 09, 2019 3:01 PM

“became frustrated…when Comey notified Congress…the FBI was reopening the Clinton email investigation”

Horowitz report: Sufficient predicate for Crossfire Hurricane — but probably not the Page FISA warrant;More: Ordering audit of all FBI FISA warrant processes; Rips Ohr; Update: Durham dissents?

Ed Morrissey Dec 09, 2019 2:01 PM

Plus: Steele discussed working for the Trumps a few years earlier?

Nov 2019

Judge delays Flynn’s sentencing to wait for IG report

John Sexton Nov 27, 2019 5:01 PM

“It was the logical thing to do while we wait for his order and the IG report.”

Wow! FBI official being investigated for altering Russia probe document

John Sexton Nov 21, 2019 9:21 PM

“significant enough to have shifted the document’s meaning…”

IG’s office says witnesses can’t submit written feedback, then clarifies hours later

John Sexton Nov 15, 2019 2:41 PM

“…they will be able to provide written comments”

IG Horowitz has asked witnesses to review his report, a final step before its release

John Sexton Nov 13, 2019 1:01 PM

“the report was more likely to be released after Thanksgiving…”

Aug 2019

Turley: Comey apology demand was “a Captain Queeg moment”

Ed Morrissey Aug 30, 2019 2:01 PM

” … when myth borders on madness.”

Trump: Isn’t Barr a “fair and reasonable” guy for not prosecuting Comey?

Ed Morrissey Aug 30, 2019 12:01 PM

“Comey got Lucky!”

Breaking: IG report rips Comey over memo leaks

Ed Morrissey Aug 29, 2019 10:31 AM

Comey’s colleagues didn’t buy his story either?

Jun 2018

FBI director: We’re going to hold everyone in the IG report accountable by, er, boring them

Ed Morrissey Jun 19, 2018 12:01 PM

“In-depth focused training” to do … what?

Strzok’s attorney: He wants to clear his name — and get a few things off his chest

Ed Morrissey Jun 18, 2018 8:41 AM

Subpoena “wholly unnecessary”?

Trump: Aren’t you glad I fired Comey now?

Ed Morrissey Jun 15, 2018 8:41 AM

Time for Special Counsel 2.0?

Bloomberg: Cancel Horowitzmas … for now; Update: “We’ll stop” Trump?

Ed Morrissey Jun 14, 2018 12:01 PM

It was insubordination, I know …

CBS: IG report will call Comey “insubordinate”

Ed Morrissey Jun 14, 2018 8:41 AM

Loretta Lynch not off the hook either?

Let the games begin: Beltway buckles up for IG report on Clinton probe

Ed Morrissey Jun 13, 2018 10:01 AM

Horowitzmas?

May 2018

AP: DoJ IG report to rip FBI leadership for heel-dragging Hillary probe

Ed Morrissey May 21, 2018 4:01 PM

Weak leak?

Apr 2018

Max Boot: Sure Andrew McCabe lied under oath…but Trump

John Sexton Apr 15, 2018 6:01 PM

“this is what Trump apologists want us to believe…”

Mar 2018

Wray on McCabe: I’m adamant about keeping politics out of personnel moves

Ed Morrissey Mar 21, 2018 5:01 PM

DoJ mulling a McCabe prosecution?

Axios: Trump now sees Shulkin as a “major problem”

Ed Morrissey Mar 12, 2018 6:01 PM

Burned Kelly?

Oct 2016

IG report: EPA waited too long to act on Flint water crisis

Jazz Shaw Oct 22, 2016 10:01 AM

Thanks, though we’d figured that out long ago

May 2016

Team Hillary chair: E-mail was a mistake she’d avoid if given the chance to do it again

Ed Morrissey May 31, 2016 9:21 AM

But what about Project X?

The State IG report is just the beginning for Hillary Clinton

John Sexton May 28, 2016 7:01 PM

More to come.

WaPo, LA Times, The Hill: Hillary’s denials aren’t working, but …

Ed Morrissey May 28, 2016 5:31 PM

What difference, at this point, does it make?

AP factcheck: Yes, Hillary lied about her e-mail server

Ed Morrissey May 27, 2016 3:21 PM

“Misstated key facts.”

Todd to Hillary: This IG report contradicts your previous statements, doesn’t it?

Ed Morrissey May 27, 2016 10:01 AM

Lies.

WaPo: IG report showed Hillary had “inexcusable, willful disregard” for … rules?

Ed Morrissey May 26, 2016 6:01 PM

Negligence, lies, and backup tapes.

Levin: Hillary didn’t break email rules, she broke federal law

Larry O'Connor May 26, 2016 6:21 AM

“Guilty. GUILTY!”