IG promises report on FBI chief's handling of classified info.
The tables seem to be turning on the criminals after all.
COMEY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR LEAKING TRUMP MEMOS
Horowitz was speaking to Congress along with FBI Director Christopher Wray for the first time since the release of his report on the DOJ’s and the FBI’s investigation of Hillary’s mishandling of classified information.
Former FBI director James Comey is under investigation for mishandling classified information, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz revealed Monday at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He said Comey is being investigated for the leaking of memos he wrote about his private meetings with President Trump. Comey has testified to Congress that he released the memos with the objective of triggering a special counsel investigation.
Horowitz said the inspector general’s office received a referral on the matter from the FBI.
“We are handling that referral and we will issue a report when the matter is complete, consistent with the law and rules that are — a report that’s consistent and takes those into account,” Horowitz said.
The inspector general also told the panel Monday that, according to testimony, Comey was concerned about his “survivability” as FBI director when he took certain steps during the 2016 election campaign regarding the Clinton probe.
“Do you think Mr. Comey, expecting Ms. Clinton to win the presidency, was thinking about his future as the FBI director?” asked Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
“I think that was a concern we had,” Horowitz said, stating the evidence was “even clearer” when Comey revealed on Oct. 28, 2016, the discovery on the laptop of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of new emails related to the probe then three days before the election announced they contained no new discoveries of classified information. Judicial Watch later found 18 classified emails were on the laptop, and the IG report concluded the email discovery should have been reported to Congress a month earlier.
“We have testimony indicating when [Comey] explained through his chief of staff why he was going to do what he did on October 28, he was concerned about his survivability,” Horowitz said.
As WND reported Thursday, the inspector general concluded Comey was “insubordinate” and “deviated” from FBI and Justice Department procedures in his oversight of the Clinton email investigation but did not find that he was motivated by political bias. However, the report also revealed a newly discovered Aug. 8, 2016, text exchange between the lead investigator in both the Clinton and Russia-collusion probes, Peter Strzok, showing he was determined to “stop” Trump from winning the election.
At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Monday, Cornyn asked the inspector general what he thought Comey had in mind when in his original draft he used the term “grossly negligent” to describe Clinton’s actions — which are the words of the relevant criminal statute — and then changed it to “extremely careless.” Was he “writing toward a preordained result, or that this was a genuine process to think through what the evidence was and to try to apply the applicable law?”
“I think that would be hard to say and probably be speculation in terms of what he was thinking at the time,” Horowitz replied.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., noting the lead investigator’s determination to “stop” Trump, pointed out that if the aim was to ensure a Trump defeat, Clinton’s actions could not be deemed “grossly negligent.”
Comey under investigation for leaking Trump memos
Should criminals who break the law and hide the fact their bosses have broken the law, and who try interferen in an election, and to frame an elected politician, not be jailed?
The tables seem to be turning on the criminals after all.
COMEY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR LEAKING TRUMP MEMOS
Horowitz was speaking to Congress along with FBI Director Christopher Wray for the first time since the release of his report on the DOJ’s and the FBI’s investigation of Hillary’s mishandling of classified information.
Former FBI director James Comey is under investigation for mishandling classified information, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz revealed Monday at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He said Comey is being investigated for the leaking of memos he wrote about his private meetings with President Trump. Comey has testified to Congress that he released the memos with the objective of triggering a special counsel investigation.
Horowitz said the inspector general’s office received a referral on the matter from the FBI.
“We are handling that referral and we will issue a report when the matter is complete, consistent with the law and rules that are — a report that’s consistent and takes those into account,” Horowitz said.
The inspector general also told the panel Monday that, according to testimony, Comey was concerned about his “survivability” as FBI director when he took certain steps during the 2016 election campaign regarding the Clinton probe.
“Do you think Mr. Comey, expecting Ms. Clinton to win the presidency, was thinking about his future as the FBI director?” asked Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
“I think that was a concern we had,” Horowitz said, stating the evidence was “even clearer” when Comey revealed on Oct. 28, 2016, the discovery on the laptop of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of new emails related to the probe then three days before the election announced they contained no new discoveries of classified information. Judicial Watch later found 18 classified emails were on the laptop, and the IG report concluded the email discovery should have been reported to Congress a month earlier.
“We have testimony indicating when [Comey] explained through his chief of staff why he was going to do what he did on October 28, he was concerned about his survivability,” Horowitz said.
As WND reported Thursday, the inspector general concluded Comey was “insubordinate” and “deviated” from FBI and Justice Department procedures in his oversight of the Clinton email investigation but did not find that he was motivated by political bias. However, the report also revealed a newly discovered Aug. 8, 2016, text exchange between the lead investigator in both the Clinton and Russia-collusion probes, Peter Strzok, showing he was determined to “stop” Trump from winning the election.
At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Monday, Cornyn asked the inspector general what he thought Comey had in mind when in his original draft he used the term “grossly negligent” to describe Clinton’s actions — which are the words of the relevant criminal statute — and then changed it to “extremely careless.” Was he “writing toward a preordained result, or that this was a genuine process to think through what the evidence was and to try to apply the applicable law?”
“I think that would be hard to say and probably be speculation in terms of what he was thinking at the time,” Horowitz replied.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., noting the lead investigator’s determination to “stop” Trump, pointed out that if the aim was to ensure a Trump defeat, Clinton’s actions could not be deemed “grossly negligent.”
Comey under investigation for leaking Trump memos
Should criminals who break the law and hide the fact their bosses have broken the law, and who try interferen in an election, and to frame an elected politician, not be jailed?
