DOJ Inspector General Won't Say If He's Probing FBI Anti-Clinton Leaks To Rudy
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Tierney Sneed | June 18, 2018 3:20 pm
The Justice Department’s Inspector General declined to say on Monday what his office had turned up on alleged anti-Hillary Clinton leaks from the FBI to Rudy Giuliani or whether any DOJ employees had been sanctioned for the leaks.
“I’m not going to speak to any of the investigative steps we may or may not have taken, for the very reasons we describe in here, about what’s appropriate to do in terms of policy,” DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz told the Senate Judiciary committee, referring to his office’s freshly released report knocking ex-FBI Director James Comey for going public with details about the Clinton investigation.
He was responding to questioning from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who raised claims by Giuliani — who was a Manhattan U.S. attorney from 1983 to 1989 and now serves as President Trump’s personal lawyer — that he had heard that the FBI was reopening the Clinton email probe weeks before Comey informed Congress.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) also asked Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray, also on hand for the Senate Judiciary hearing, about whether there was an investigation into the alleged leaks to Giuliani.
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DOJ Inspector General To Issue Report On Comey’s Handling Of Trump Memos
By Tierney Sneed | June 18, 2018 4:16 pm
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Monday that his office received a referral from the FBI about the disclosure of memos written by former FBI Director Jim Comey to the press.
He was asked about the memos — and particularly whether there was an investigation into whether their release transmitted classified information inappropriately — by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) during a committee hearing.
“We received a referral on that from the FBI. We are handling that referral and we will issue a report when the matter is complete, consistent with the law and the rules — a report that is consistent and takes this into account,” Horowitz said.
Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray were in front of the Senate committee to discuss an inspector general report issued last week on actions Comey and others took in the lead-up to the 2016 election, mainly pertaining to the Hillary Clinton probe.
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