The Real Lesson of the Inspector General's Report

[endicom]

American Thinker
Tadas Klimas
June 22, 2018

You missed it. But that's all right: everyone else missed it, too.

Michael Horowitz is the Department of Justice's Inspector General. He testified on June 18th before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his report concerning the Hillary Clinton national security breach investigation. The revelation came to light during questioning by Senator John Kennedy. (@7:36)

Horowitz testified that “most” of the investigative decisions in that investigation were made not by the FBI but by prosecutors within the Department of Justice.

One might be tempted to conclude that much of the criticism of the FBI for its decisions in the aforesaid Clinton investigation would have to be discounted or re-examined. Perhaps. But that is not the most important conclusion.

For whatever reason, it is clear from the report that the structure of the FBI/DOJ's Clinton investigation was all off: the FBI was reduced to providing a set of runners (perhaps willing and even avid, because of their demonstrated bias, runners, but runners just the same) for DOJ attorneys.

More... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/06/the_real_lesson_of_the_inspector_generals_report.html

[Bigun]

I've said as much right here several times recently.

[Fantasywriter]

The real lesson of Horowitz' report is that if the executive summary and conclusion clear everybody of wrongdoing,  the report was a whitewash and will be portrayed as an exoneration of the FBI.

Which is exactly what happened, before the press shifted into mass hysteria mode over Bush's border policies (that were also implemented by Obama),  and which Congress has yet to change.

[endicom]

The real lesson of Horowitz' report is that if the executive summary and conclusion clear everybody of wrongdoing,  the report was a whitewash and will be portrayed as an exoneration of the FBI.

It's not over and some people may yet be indicted.

[Fantasywriter]

It's not over and some people may yet be indicted.

Hope springs eternal. But I spent many months on TOS being told that Horowitz would lower the boom, and many indictments would be unsealed with the release of his "scathing" report.

Now everyone is talking about Huber. From what I've read, he's a bigger hack than Horowitz.

[Sanguine]

 

[dfwgator]

The lesson is, you can get away with anything if you're a Democrat.

[Fantasywriter]

The lesson is, you can get away with anything if you're a Democrat.

In a nutshell,  yes.

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