The DOJ inspector general's Russia report did find FBI bias against Hillary Clinton, again.

[ehrnst]

Color me shocked... And she still got more votes than any candidate not named Obama despite all the behind the scenes shiving. I have more respect for her as a candidate and her campaign than ever.

The report Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released Monday on the FBI's handling of the Trump-Russia investigation found no "documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation" influenced the decision to investigate members of Trump's 2016 campaign, including from Page — who played no role in those decisions — or Strzok.

Horowitz's report did, interestingly, include some text messages between two FBI agents and a special supervisory agent (SSA) with an evident pro-Trump, anti-Clinton bias.

Link to tweet

In Nov. 9, 2016, text messages, the supervisory agent said he "was so elated with the election" and volunteered to investigate the Clinton Foundation "if you hear talk of a special prosecutor." When confronted with his texts, the SSA explained it was "just energizing to me to see" Clinton lose because "I didn't want a criminal to be in the White House."

In Horowitz's previous report on the FBI and the 2016 election, he detailed how FBI and Justice Department leaders were so concerned about anti-Clinton leaks from the FBI's New York field office — former Attorney General Loretta Lynch told Horowitz it was "clear to me that there is a cadre of senior people in New York who have a deep and visceral hatred of Secretary Clinton" — they decided they had to publicly disclose that the FBI was briefly reopening the Clinton email investigation in late October 2016.

"It played as a stunning piece of news, a fresh gust of scandal 11 days before the election," The New York Times recounted Sunday. Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, then a top campaign surrogate, had teased this "surprise," citing FBI agents, showing yet again "that working with virtually nothing, he could cultivate the mere existence of investigations to his political benefit."

https://theweek.com/speedreads/883275/doj-inspector-generals-russia-report-did-find-fbi-bias-against-hillary-clinton-again

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. the TrumPutin disease infected our government

We need to clean out the wounds.

[betsuni]

2. K&R

[Wounded Bear]

3. Well, Comey basically got Trump elected almost single handedly...

[dhol82]

7. He still won't accept that.

[NurseJackie]

4. Of course.

[triron]

5. SSA?

[mcar]

6. No surprise there.

I read that the SDNY was filthy with Republicans who were threatening to leak damaging stuff against her in 2016. It is, I believe, one of the reasons Comey did his thing.

The idea that the FBI was infiltrated with LW crazies was always laughable.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Somebody pointed out to me the other day

That all FBI Directors at least since the 1980’s have all been Republicans.

[Me.]

8. As If We Didn't Know

I'm surprised Comey isn't embarrassed to shoe his face on news shows and those NY FBI are responsible for the Betrayer.

[Cha]

10. Thank you, ehrnst!