Another bull shit story Donald Trump tried selling is found wanting….
In his long-awaited report into the origins of the 2016 Russia probe, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz found “serious performance failures” by some FBI officials, but ultimately concluded that the investigation was not tainted by political bias.
Why it matters: President Trump and his allies have long believed that Horowitz would find bias and wrongdoing at the top ranks of the FBI, advancing allegations that the Russia investigation was a politically motivated hit job. While Horowitz does rebuke some low-level officials for carelessness and impropriety while filing surveillance applications, his report ultimately concludes that the basis for the FBI’s investigation was legitimate…..
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Perhaps fearing the wrath of Trump?
AG Barr and US Atty Durham are NOT agreeing with the IG’s conclusions absolving the FBI of any major wrongdoing…
Might be bullshit to you.
To Republicans?it is the gospel and if you believe this report will change their Minds?Youre the one living in an alternate reality.
The Republicans will probably call for an investigation of the IG.
Media has already got excited that Barr and Durham are gonna fight for Trump’s alternate point of view
Sure they are.
What’s surprising about that.
This is all part of the Trump Narrative about the “deep state” and other such foolishness.
Jim Comey says,”the truth is out.”
He’s kidding himself if he believes Republicans will accept this.Trump had layed down the line.His stooge, Barr, is carrying out his orders.The rest of the Republicans?Following Trumps line of course.
The current FBI Director Chris Wray has now come to the defense of his agency against Trump 2016 campaign Russia investigation charges….Comey got fired for NOT supporting Trump….
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday undercut a theory pushed by President Donald Trump and some of his Republican allies that the government of Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election.
“We have no information that indicates that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 presidential election,” Wray told ABC News in an exclusive broadcast interview on Monday.
Wray is the most senior, currently serving, government official to undercut the claim — pushed as recently as Sunday by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in an interview about the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
(MORE: Testimony and texts: How the Trump-Ukraine allegations fit together in a timeline)
“Here’s the game the media is playing. Because Russia interfered, the media pretends nobody else did. Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election,” Cruz said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
When asked about the claim, Wray urged Americans to be cautious about their sources of information.
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Chris Cillizza
@cillizza@CNN
That sound you just heard is the air coming out of the Trump conspiracy balloon.
The finger pointing s continues as a result of the DOJ IG report….
FISA Court knocks the FBI for sloppy work on warrants