Inspector general releases Comey portion of IG Report
Breaking News:
The report is out and According to Daily Wire :
'While we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey’s part, we nevertheless concluded that by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice.'
Horowitz said that Comey had troublingly failed to inform the Department of Justice in advance about his July 5 statement condemning Clinton for carelessness but absolving her of criminal activity. Horowitz said that Comey’s failure to coordinate with the DOJ involved a “troubling lack of any direct, substantive communication” with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Horowitz added that Comey should have coordinated with Lynch before sending his October 28, 2016 letter to Congress announcing the reopening of the Hillary email investigation based on discoveries on Anthony Weiner’s computer. Horowitz stated:
'We found it extraordinary that, in advance of two such consequential decisions, the FBI director decided that the best course of conduct was to not speak directly and substantively with the attorney general about how best to navigate those decisions."
While Horowitz did investigate anti-Trump text messages between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, he found that there was no “documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigative actions we reviewed.” He did state, “The conduct by these employees cast a doubt over the entire FBI investigation.”
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Update:
A scathing inspector general report released Thursday said that fired FBI Director James Comey violated bureau policies by drafting, leaking and retaining memos documenting discussions with President Trump.
For Comey, who has cultivated the image of a by-the-book and irreproachable leader since his termination in 2017, the review shined a harsh light on his decisionmaking in the final, beleaguered weeks of his tenure at the head of the nation's top law enforcement agency.
The inspector general's separate, broader review of potential intelligence community surveillance abuses remains ongoing. Earlier this month, it emerged that IG Michael Horowitz had referred Comey's case to the DOJ for a possible criminal prosecution, but that lawyers opted against bringing charges -- with one source telling Fox News it "wasn't a close call."
Comey admitted to Congress in June 2017 that, after he was fired, he purposefully leaked several memos through an intermediary to ensure that a special counsel would be appointed. The media firestorm that followed the leak proved a watershed moment that led to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's appointment.
Public outrage centered on the news that Comey wrote in one of his memos that Trump had told him, "I hope you can let this go," amid reports that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had lied to the FBI and senior White House officials about his contacts with Russia's government.
Flynn later pleaded guilty to one count of lying to FBI agents in the White House.
Although Comey said he wrote the memos so that they would not contain classified information, two of Comey's memos were later determined by the FBI to contain information classified at the "sensitive" level.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-inspector-general-says-comey-violated-policies-with-memos-documenting-private-conversations-with-trump
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Comey already tweeting away about how innocent he is!
"we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey’s part"
"found that there was no “documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigative actions we reviewed.”
Are you claiming the IG report found something proving Comey's guilt that he has to claim his innocence of?
Clearly this part of the report does not find Comey guilty of any crimes, but you really need to focus on that last line - “The conduct by these employees cast a doubt over the entire FBI investigation.”
Bottom line. Despite your predictions, no indictments, trials or jail time for Comey, Strzok or Page.
Are my predictions done? Were rules/policies violated? This is it? Isn't there a part 2 to this report? Isn't there a US Attorney investigation ongoing?
I think your'e jumping the gun and being very selective as well. Comey did everything by the book and was unbiased? Maybe he can be a moderator?
McCabe's lawyers are talking with the AG right now. That means an indictment is imminent.
The conduct of Donald Trump casts a doubt over his entire administration 365 days a year. It is a chuckle to watch conservatives get all outraged about Comey publicizing the notes he took when the president asked him to do something unethical, but they are utterly silent at the words and actions of their totally unethical president*. We have never seen anything like it before in America.
Vic, that whooshing sound you hear is the air going out of your balloon.
How do you figure that? More wishful thinking.
The fact that Comey wasn't indicted is a reflection of how difficult it might be to prosecute the POS via a liberal DC jury. Now we learn what we already knew - that Comey violated FBI policy. This is only part 1 of the IG report. Next up is the FISA part of the report. Comey is in the middle of that too.
This is only the beginning.
lol.
Right wing conspiracy goofs have been saying for many many months "wait til the IG's report on Comey comes out" , as if Comey would be headed to prison.
Rejoin reality and spend your worries on the lies Trump tells the world on an hourly basis.
Or....it's a reflection of the fact that he didn't actually commit a crime.
Which is not actually a crime.
OK...so we're to the point where everything has been investigated and neither Trump nor Comey were judged to have committed a crime.
So our choices are...
1. Gnaw on this like a bunch of batshit leftists who still can't finish a sentence without the word "collusion" in it.
2. Accept this as a relatively minor breach of protocol and move on.
The bottom line from today's first release - "We conclude that Comey’s retention, handling, and dissemination of certain Memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement."
He still might go! Part two of this particular investigation is FISA abuse.
Because the information he leaked wasn't classified. Comey is in the clear THIS TIME. FISA is next.
So our choices are...
Reading the 80 pages and waiting for the next report
I just think it's fascinating that liberals blame him for costing Hillary the election and Trump supporters blame him for I'm not sure what exactly.
It's not often we see somebody so thoroughly reviled by both sides and so thoroughly defended for the section of his actions that they agree with.
For the record I was a critic of Comey in both cases.
The president breaks "policy" every week and you cheer him on. He set the precedent.
OFF TOPIC
Ah, I see. Let's have another 10 investigations in the hopes we can find something, anything, that will stick. But if it's Trump - even one investigation is one too many, despite the number of indictments and guilty pleas it returned.
Moderator's note - the investigation of Trump and his campaign is mentioned in the body of the article, and is therefore not off-topic. I have reversed the off-topic ticket - sandy
I think the ongoing investigations will suffice.
We should move on, but claiming that the top cop of the US leaking information is a minor breach of protocol is not acceptable. I think Comey deserves some reprimand for it.
This reminds me of Comey saying that Hillary was just too stupid to know she shouldn't be using a private server for government communications. Seems all of them like to cover each other's asses.
Oh, Matthew Miller's opinion is the counterweight to the Inspector General?
Got it! Thanks John
"IG Report on Comey's handling of classified memos is out. Page 2 says Comey specifically asked his friend to leak a memo to Michael Schmidt of the NYT. Schmidt regularly received and regurgitated leaks that falsely suggested a treasonous Russia collusion conspiracy existed.".....Molly Hemingway
"Of Comey's flouting of the rule of law, IG says on Page 61: "In a country built on the rule of law, it is of utmost importance that all FBI employees adhere to Department and FBI policies..." IG notes office previously recorded Comey's failure to adhere to FBI policy."...Molly Hemingway
"Comey's own staff on his leaking against Trump for vengeance: "Comey’s closest advisors used the words 'surprised,' 'stunned,' 'shocked,' and 'disappointment' to describe their reactions to learning what Comey had done." Page 61.....Molly Hemingway
And?
It's over.
Bad predictions. Happens every day in the Stock Market.
FALSE AGAIN! It is not over
Bad predictions.
Show us my predictions you keep quoting
This part of the IG investigation is done. The point is moot.
You can hang your hat on the FISA issues if you want.
Now you got something right.
You can hang your hat on the FISA issues if you want.
I'll watch for that with interest, but my hat & heart are with the US Attorney investigation.
So if Huber and now Durham were working with Horowitz and waiting for the IG investigation to be completed and the report given to Barr,
what in the world could Durham hope to accomplish?
The Gateway pundit is off limits for this group and I believe it is off limits via Media Bias/ for NT
For those who want to read the text
Comey was a disaster for the FBI, the worst director since Hoover.
The report is another nail in his reputation's coffin and explains why he was referred for prosecution. .
The SCRIBD document is a no-load for me; that may be due to traffic.
My take is that the initial IG report is for housekeeping. A number of senior people at the FBI have been forced out; ostensibly for procedural violations. It is necessary to show that thinning the ranks wasn't politically motivated. While I have only seen the bits being reported, it appears Comey is being blamed for institutional sloppiness in conforming to procedure.
The initial IG report sets the stage for deeper investigation with enforced cooperation by threatening dismissal for procedural violations. I have no idea if that deeper investigation is being pursued. The institutions are not likely to air their dirty laundry in public without Congressional oversight. Whatever is disclosed to the public will not include a smoking gun because that would damage the reputation of the institutions.
The seeder and his friends here are desperate to make a mountain out of this molehill.
The right has been hyping the eventual appearance of this report ever since Comey was fired more than 2 years ago. This is a gigantic disappointment for them, but they are being "brave".
Let's not make it personal. (Some get tickets for that) Let's just say it's a beginning.
The right has been hyping the eventual appearance of this report ever since Comey was fired more than 2 years ago.
That's amazing since this investigation is less than a year old. However, it is only part 1 or 3.
This is a gigantic disappointment for them, but they are being "brave".
It's a little premature to make a call. The rogue agents have 2 more bullets to dodge
It validates, yet again, the right's claims about Comey's misdeeds.
It's amazing watching you work. You constantly deny any wrongdoing by any Democrat and peddle ridiculous talking points to defend your heroes. Then when the wrongdoing is proven by a non partisan source, you claim, "yeah, we knew that already. So what?"
Comey's infractions in this case are "administrative". If we didnt live in such a hyperactive political atmosphere, the infraction, in isolation , would barely be a national news story.
You constantly ignore the mountain of "infractions" by Trump and his lackeys against truth, decency, and governmental and political norms. We will be cleaning up for years the mess made of this country's politics and government by the Trump regime. All the while you looked the other way.
Seeing Comey's statement today, it's pretty clear he's either mentally ill or thinks his supporters are illiterate buffoons.
This article is closed.