Democrats urge Republicans to drop attacks on FBI and not use DOJ watchdog report against Mueller

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Democrats urge Republicans to drop attacks on FBI and not use DOJ watchdog report against Mueller
by Laura Barrón-López
 | June 14, 2018 06:23 PM

House and Senate Democrats warned their Republican colleagues Thursday to not use the report issued by the Justice Department’s inspector general against special counsel Robert Mueller and his probe into potential Russian coordination with President Trump’s campaign.

In the report released Thursday, Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded that former FBI Director James Comey was “insubordinate” and “deviated” from bureau norms by publicly discussing the investigation into Hillary Clinton and not talking to then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch before making decisions.

The report concluded that Comey’s actions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and that he made a “serious error of judgement” when sending a letter to Congress in October 2016, informing lawmakers it was re-opening its investigation into Clinton’s emails.

Though Democrats expressed frustration with Comey on Thursday, they said Republicans should drop their obsession with Clinton now that the IG report found no evidence that political bias affected actions made by department prosecutors.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Republicans' “incessant, cynical false attacks” against the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 cycle led to Comey’s lapse in judgment.

“The simple lesson from today’s report is that the FBI should not have buckled under Republican pressure,” Cummings said Thursday. “These policies are intended to keep the FBI from doing exactly what it did -- influencing the course of a presidential election.”

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[dfwgator]

And the Republicans will say, "Ok.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Let's be friends!"

[Cyber Liberty]

And thus it begins:  The rehabilitation of the most crooked FBI in history.  Thanks, IG.  You've delivered, now go pick up your pieces of silver.

[Frank Cannon]

The Rats can go to hell. They lit this firecracker. It's not the GOP's fault it fell into the front of their pants before they could toss it under Trump.

[Sanguine]

The Rats can go to hell. They lit this firecracker. It's not the GOP's fault it fell into the front of their pants before they could toss it under Trump.

"Under Trump"?  I'd say it was tossed under all of us.