As we recently reported, Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, walked back her announcement that the Justice Department inspector general’s report on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses would be released as early as Friday, October 18.
Bartiromo has now gone on record saying that the long anticipated IGs report will likely not be out until “the end of the month.”
However, those goalposts seem to be moving again. As Fox News is reporting, “As soon as Horowitz is done with his review of the FISA warrant application, the counterintelligence investigation, the Trump campaign, we’ll have a hearing in public with Horowitz and we’ll call a bunch of witnesses,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on Fox Business’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Last month, Horowitz submitted a draft of his report to Attorney General Bill Barr, who was reviewing the document — fueling the belief that the public release was coming soon.
But a Justice Department official told Fox News last week that the report is still in the declassification process — one of the final steps to be completed before the report is released to the public.
“The FBI and the DOJ are working together smoothly on the declassification process,” the official told Fox News.
President Trump — who has the authority to declassify and release as much of the report as he wants — has been hyping its forthcoming release. “The IG report is going to come out soon, and we’ll see what happens,” the president told reporters last week, adding he’s “waiting for the report like everybody else.”
“But I predict you will see things that you don’t even believe, the level of corruption — whether it’s [James] Comey; whether it’s [Peter] Strzok and his lover, [Lisa] Page; whether it’s so many other people — [Andrew] McCabe; whether it’s President Obama himself,” Trump charged.
Trump added, “Let’s see whether or not it’s President Obama. Let’s see whether or not they put that in.”
Horowitz announced the completion of his investigation one month ago. The inspector general gave a draft to the Justice Department and the FBI for a classification review, after which the final draft will be delivered to Congress.
Republicans assert that top Justice Department and FBI officials misled the FISA court by using an unverified dossier compiled by British ex-spy Christopher Steele to obtain warrants to electronically monitor onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Democrats have dismissed the allegations of wrongdoing during the Trump-Russia investigation and are concerned that U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the early stages of the Russia investigation, being overseen by Attorney General William Barr, may be an effort to discredit the work of special counsel Robert Mueller.
I’m fed up over the complete lack of accountability, even under Trump. He needs to read the riot act to the entire cabinet.
Isn’t obvious by now that the Deep State has no party affiliation. Not only do we need term limits.There should be recertifications for some positions. There really should be a third party and it should be called “THE ANTI DEEP STATE PARTY”
All members of the Democratic party are criminal and treasonous scum and all should be publically executed through a very slow means of torture.
The general public (us) have also been patiently waiting for the IG report. I wonder if we’ll ever see it.
I am convinced that we have a country with two justice systems. Everything the Republicans do get prosecuted and nothing the Democrats do gets a pass. I have completely given up on equal justice.
And the FBI and who? Is working smoothly together???
And the sunsets in the East, Obama never smoked “weed”, and Hillary won the Presidency
Let me see, if I got this straight !
We, think, that top Justice Department and FBI officials misled the FISA court by using an unverified dossier compiled by British ex-spy Christopher Steele to obtain warrants to electronically monitor onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Now, those same agency’s,, are vetting the report, for ANY classified information ???????????
That is, F—–ing FUNNY !!!
Democrats have dismissed the allegations of wrongdoing during the Trump-Russia investigation and are concerned that U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the early stages of the Russia investigation, being overseen by Attorney General William Barr, may be an effort to discredit the work of special counsel Robert Mueller.
Mueller managed to discredit Andrew Weissmann’s report when he testified before Congress after the report was released. They gave us two volumes of nonsense when they could have done it in two paragraphs. Twenty-two months and $40 plus million for a big wad of toilet tissue. WAKE UP AMERICA! The demonrats are at it again with Ukraine crap.
When is the buck going to stop being passed and some folks have to eat some iron bars for a few years! After that we can start on the prosecution of ‘Hitlery’ for her lies, theft, and her illegal email server with over 600 classified documents left on it. How many others were on their smart phones that were smashed with a hammer? The Damn Crooked Demoshits have got to go.
The hold up is this. “They are making sure that the actors involved in this report are not held accountable. Another James Comey decision in the making! President should make them release the report in its entirety! As for Lynsy Graham he will do nothing, for all of his promises to invistigate are words only. Remember he was mentor by McCain who pushed the
false Dossier through. Graham is is a RHINO. it out
Okay, so, I get that the liberal democrats are dirty and conspiring with the DOJ and the FBI, but why would US Atty. Durham and AG Barr involved in holding up the release or at least, not going after the others for holding up the release? Is the entire US government conspiring to deceive the American people?
It can’t be taking THIS damn long to white-wash this report! Release the damn thing already!!