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randomnighmare t1_ivi9ca7 wrote

>The Justice Department’s inspector general

Who is

[Michael Horowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Horowitz#:~:text=Michael%20Evan%20Horowitz%20(born%20September,United%20States%20Department%20of%20Justice.)

Which is the same guy who, in 2017:

>Horowitz announced in January 2017 that the Inspector General's office would examine evidence related to "allegations of misconduct" regarding FBI Director James B. Comey's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email practices and whether Justice Department employees leaked information improperly during the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election.[6] In June 2018, Horowitz released his report, concluding that Peter Strzok and other FBI employees "brought discredit to themselves" and to the agency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Horowitz#:~:text=Michael%20Evan%20Horowitz%20(born%20September,United%20States%20Department%20of%20Justice.

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Sensate60 t1_ivjbi3e wrote

I can't help but wonder if the investigation itself is political. Horowitz is a joke honestly. He is a Republican who has Been and still is a Trump supporter. This quote here: "The inspector general’s office is focusing on Rollins’ attendance at the Democratic National Committee event in July as well as her use of her personal cellphone to conduct official business, according to two people briefed on the investigation, which has been underway for weeks." She's a Democrat supporting other Drmocratic candidates. Seems he's nit picking a trip she took that someone paid for.

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mcs_987654321 t1_ivlx3f9 wrote

But none of that indicates that Horowitz is a joke, or that he’s politically motivated - I commented more extensively above, but he seems like a pretty by the book/down the line civil servant.

What IS likely political is that someone was clearly keeping a very close eye on Rollins’s comings and goings, and reporting any hint of impropriety to his office. He doesn’t have much option but to follow up on that stuff - it’s clearly petty bullshit, but ignoring it would be a political call.

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mcs_987654321 t1_ivlw7ja wrote

Meh: no idea what this guy’s deal is, but he’s clearly got the education and professional experience you’d want for someone in that role, and has served under 3 presidents.

None of the statements about Clinton, Comey, or Strzok are inaccurate, nor are they even especially strong (like yeah: don’t gossip about the current president via text on your FBI phone, it’s a bad look).

One section below in that that Wikipedia link there are details about how he found no political motivation behind Crossfire Hurricane investigation. >The report found that the FBI had a legal "authorized investigative purpose and with sufficient factual predication" to ask for court approval to begin surveillance of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser

Not trying to hype the guy up or anything, but looking at a rough snapshot of his highest profile actions, I see no obvious basis for criticism.

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