Trey Gowdy on DOJ inspector general report: 'This is not the FBI our country needs'
by Melissa Quinn
| June 14, 2018 02:04 PM
House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy said he is “alarmed, angered, and deeply disappointed†by the findings of a report from the Justice Department’s internal watchdog examining the department and FBI’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
“This report confirms investigative decisions made by the FBI during the pendency of this investigation were unprecedented and deviated from traditional investigative procedures in favor of a much more permissive and voluntary approach,†Gowdy, R-S.C., said in a statement Thursday. “This is not the way normal investigations are run. The investigation was mishandled.â€
The Justice Department’s inspector general released to the highly anticipated report on the FBI and Justice Department’s conduct during the Clinton email investigation Thursday afternoon.
The report details the missteps taken by the Justice Department and FBI during the course of the probe, and also condemns former FBI Director James Comey and other top officials within the department.
The inspector general’s report will hit Comey for “departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms,†according to conclusions of the report, first obtained by Bloomberg. The watchdog, though, concluded it “did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias†on his part.
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