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• Had Horowitz not discovered the anti-Trump texts between Strzok and Page, they would still be investigating the Trump campaign
• IG confirms his office is handling investigation into Comey’s leaking of personal memos to his friend and the New York Times
• There was a clear breakdown in the FBI culture, with senior agents being wined and dined by reporters
Grassley Notes Stark Differences in Trump Clinton Investigation:
• Under Lynch, Comey drafted a public exoneration of Clinton before 17 key witnesses were interviewed.
• Under Rosenstein, no one seriously thinks Robert Mueller would plan a press conference to exonerate Trump before his investigators’ work is done.
• Under Lynch, a low-level IT worker lied to the FBI twice about destroying records under subpoena and got immunity.
• Under Rosenstein, a low-level Trump campaign associate provided the wrong date for a conversation with a professor and got charged with lying to the FBI.
• Under Lynch, Clinton’s lawyers and aides who improperly held classified information got carefully crafted agreements to limit searches of their computers by consent.
• Under Rosenstein, Trump’s lawyers and former aides got raided and hauled before grand juries.
Horowitz sent a strong message to the FBI during his opening statement telling lawmakers, “as detailed in our report, we found that the inappropriate political messages cast a cloud over the Midyear investigation sowed doubt about the credibility of the FBI’s handling of it, and impacted the reputation of the FBI. Moreover, we found the implication that senior FBI employees would be willing to take official action to impact a presidential candidate’s electoral prospects to be deeply troubling and antithetical to the core values of the FBI and the Department of Justice.”
Grassley pointed out that Lynch, Former FBI Director James Comey, and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe declined to testify.
“McCabe’s lawyer wrote that his client would rely on his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid answering any questions here today.”
