JGalt
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So who leaked portions of the IG report to the Washington Post? And why?
It's reasonable to assume that it was leaked in order to minimize the impact of Durham's report. Remember, Horowitz was appointed by Obama, so it's not surprising that the Democrats are running with WAPO's story that Donald Trump and his campaign weren't spied on.
"Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department’s inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into members of the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is due to release his long-awaited findings in a week, but behind the scenes at the Justice Department, disagreement has surfaced about one of Horowitz’s central conclusions on the origins of the Russia investigation. The discord could be the prelude to a major fissure within federal law enforcement on the controversial question of investigating a presidential campaign.
Barr has not been swayed by Horowitz’s rationale for concluding the FBI had sufficient basis to open an investigation on July 31, 2016, these people said."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...64f018-154d-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html
It's reasonable to assume that it was leaked in order to minimize the impact of Durham's report. Remember, Horowitz was appointed by Obama, so it's not surprising that the Democrats are running with WAPO's story that Donald Trump and his campaign weren't spied on.
"Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department’s inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into members of the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is due to release his long-awaited findings in a week, but behind the scenes at the Justice Department, disagreement has surfaced about one of Horowitz’s central conclusions on the origins of the Russia investigation. The discord could be the prelude to a major fissure within federal law enforcement on the controversial question of investigating a presidential campaign.
Barr has not been swayed by Horowitz’s rationale for concluding the FBI had sufficient basis to open an investigation on July 31, 2016, these people said."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...64f018-154d-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html