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Post by oldhippy on Dec 20, 2019 3:05:54 GMT
Testimony by IG Horowitz yesterday demolishes claims he exonerated FBI of bias Thomas Lifson
Important Senate testimony by I.G. Horowitz was almost totally overshadowed by the impeachment debate and vote in the House yesterday. Under questioning by Senator Josh Hawley, Horowitz clarified the very limited meaning of his previous statement that he "did not find documentary or testimonial evidence" of political bias in the opening of Crossfire Hurricane. Tobias Hoonhout in the National Review:
nder questioning from Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.), Horowitz explained his investigation did leave the door open to possible political bias because his team could not accept the explanations FBI members gave on why there were "so many errors" in their investigation.
"We have been very careful in the connection with the FISA's for the reasons you mentioned to not reach that conclusion," Horowitz told Hawley. "As we've talked about earlier — the alteration of the email, the text messages associated with the individual who did that, and our inability to explain or understand, to get good explanations so that we could understand why this all happened."
Horowitz's clarification comes after U.S. attorney John Durham released a statement saying his office did "not agree with" the report's statements regarding the origins of the FBI's 2016 Russia probe.
The inspector general also said during testimony that his team was looking further into whether the FBI's "basic errors" in the case were potentially systemic.
So there are more reports to come!
You can watch here:
www.americanthinker.com/blog...i_of_bias.html
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Post by merc on Dec 20, 2019 3:07:26 GMT
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. Since 2015, he has simultaneously served as the Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an organization comprised of all 73 federal Inspectors General. 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.As Inspector General, Mr. Horowitz oversees a nationwide workforce of more than 450 special agents, auditors, inspectors, attorneys, and support staff whose mission is to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct in DOJ programs and personnel, and to promote economy and efficiency in Department operations. www.ignet.gov/content/michael-e-horowitz
So his job is internal. I take that as he is a part of that organization. Much the same as Police have internal affairs. This was an internal audit. There are supposed to be some external audits in the works I have been reading about.
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