Report: Inspector General to Announce Obama DOJ Broke Law in Clinton Email Probe
By Scott Kelnhofer
May 17, 2018 at 3:39pm
Inspector General Michael Horowitz notified members of Congress on Wednesday that he has completed his report into the Justice Department and FBI’s 2016 investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
While the finished report has not been made public, one report suggests Horowitz will announce the DOJ and FBI broke the law in their handling of the case.
Investigative reporter Paul Sperry, former D.C. bureau chief for Investor’s Business Daily, said via Twitter on Thursday that Horowitz will refer his findings to U.S. Attorney John Huber for possible criminal prosecution.
Horowitz has notified subjects of the report that they can privately review the report by the end of this week.
Those invited to review the report were told they would have to sign nondisclosure agreements in order to read it. They are expected to have a few days to write a formal response to any criticism they receive in the report, which will then be incorporated in the final version.
“We will update you on the specific timing for the report’s release, and I will be prepared to provide a briefing and testify publicly about our findings and conclusions as soon as the report is released,” Horowitz wrote in a letter delivered Wednesday to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Horowitz said the Justice Department and FBI will be permitted to submit a formal response that will be attached to the final report.
The report is expected to be very critical of several top DOJ officials, including former FBI Director James Comey’s announcement in July 2016 that Mrs. Clinton had been “reckless” with the nation’s secrets but he was recommending against prosecuting her.
Investigative reporter Sara Carter said on her website Thursday that Horowitz’s draft is described by one source as “extremely long and thorough.”
“It’s not going to be good, it’s just a question of how bad it’s going to be,” a former Justice Department official told CNN of what’s expected to be in Horowitz’s report.
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I can't believe the IG would recommend Hillary NOT be prosecuted. She made and egregious error and put government secrets at risk by using her private server to send official emails. When that happened it made her server government property.