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On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” former Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta stated that the “egregious errors of judgment” by then-FBI Director James Comey in his handling of the Clinton email investigation “gave Donald Trump the White House.” Podesta said,

NEW YORK — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog documented in its report released today that the FBI’s criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s misuse of her private email server never actually designated Clinton as a subject or target of the official probe.

The Inspector General’s report shows the FBI may actually have neglected an investigation into emails found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop in an effort to stop Donald Trump from winning.

FBI agent Peter Strzok’s lawyer on Thursday slammed the Justice Department inspector general’s conclusion that he took actions “not free from bias,” calling the conclusion “bizarre” and “critically flawed.” 

The report of Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz undermines the basis for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, because its conclusions suggest President Donald Trump was not obstructing justice in firing former FBI director James Comey.

Mark Meadows said that Rod Rosenstein “must be held accountable for his obstructionist conduct” after the Inspector General (IG) report was released.

Former FBI Director James Comey used his personal Gmail account to conduct official bureau business, the Justice Department Inspector General’s report concludes.

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s forthcoming report has concluded former FBI Director James Comey ‘dramatically,’ broke with bureau norms in its handling of the Clinton email investigation, according to Bloomberg News. 

The Justice Department Inspector General’s long-awaited report on the Obama DOJ  and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email server investigation is set to be released Thursday, and will likely spark new questions over whether she should be prosecuted.

NEW YORK — In his recently released book, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper concedes that if an average U.S. intelligence employee had committed the same acts that Hillary Clinton did with her private email use the consequence would likely have been proceedings about whether to terminate that employee.

“It seems it’s coming out on my birthday,” Trump said to reporters as he left the White House. “Maybe that’s appropriate. … That will be maybe a nice birthday present. Who knows?”

NEW YORK — In recently released testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a key participant at the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. admits to being present at the same security conference in Canada where Sen. John McCain was reportedly first informed about the anti-Trump dossier.

President Trump’s lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team is trying to “frame” Trump.

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has reportedly concluded fired FBI Director James Comey engaged in improper behavior during the bureau’s Clinton email investigation. 

Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) questioned efforts by former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe to get immunity for his testimony regarding the probes into Hillary Clinton’s use of an unauthorized emails server while

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the forthcoming Department of Justice Inspector General’s report was not sufficient to get to the bottom of any potential abuse of the FISA warrant process. Graham

President Donald Trump expressed impatience Tuesday for the release of the Justice Department’s Inspector General’s report about former FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton case.

Donald Trump’s lawyers composed a secret 20-page letter to special counsel Robert Mueller to assert that the president cannot be forced to testify while arguing that he could not have committed obstruction, because he has absolute authority over all federal investigations.

A new report says the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s office recently interviewed fired FBI Director James Comey, in what is being described as “an indication the office is seriously considering” whether former bureau Deputy Andrew McCabe should face criminal charges.

President Donald Trump reacted to ongoing media coverage of his administration, asserting Thursday that he did not fire former FBI director James Comey over the Russia investigation.

“People should have an answer, even if they put together whatever they heck they have, interview or no interview, by September 1 the public should have an explanation of what Mueller has,” Giuliani told Breitbart News. “I really want that because I really don’t think he has much.”

Carter Page, one of the three Trump campaign members FBI informant Stefan Halper contacted during the 2016 presidential campaign, says James Comey’s FBI left his life in shambles. 

Saturday on MSNBC’s “Hugh Hewitt,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) weighed in on the FBI’s handling of its counterintelligence investigation into the 2016 presidential election under former FBI Director James Comey’s leadership. When asked by host Hugh Hewitt if the agency

We now know for a fact that Spy-in-Chief Barack Obama weaponized the various intelligence agencies at his command to do something unprecedented: spy on a rival presidential campaign, specifically Donald Trump’s.

On Thursday’s broadcast of TBS’ “Conan,” former FBI Director James Comey stated that he knows President Trump’s claim that there was a spy inserted into his campaign is untrue. Comey responded to the president’s tweet on the subject by saying,

NEW YORK — In his newly released book, Sen. John McCain admits he knew the anti-Trump dossier that he infamously passed to the FBI contained “unproven accusations”, “mostly raw, unverified intelligence” and allegations about which the senator “had no idea” if “any were true.”

You get to a certain age and you are pretty sure you have seen it all. But who would have thought we would live to see the day Donald Trump killed off the 1960s?

President Donald Trump fired back at former FBI director James Comey, who fretted over Republicans failing to defend federal law enforcement agencies and their investigation of the president’s 2016 campaign.

A significant number of rank-and-file FBI agents are chomping at the bit to expose Obama-era leaders, alleging corruption and even criminal violations of the law.

TEL AVIV — While he served as the FBI’s deputy director, Andrew McCabe penned emails in which he revealed his awareness of plans by CNN to break a major story regarding salacious claims made inside the infamous anti-Trump dossier.

TEL AVIV — President Trump has taken to twitter to share quotes strongly criticizing Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan for undermining faith in the U.S. intelligence community and for Brennan’s alleged role in fueling the anti-Trump dossier that spread unsubstantiated, conspiratorial claims of collusion with Russia.

Leakers to the New York Times confirmed in a story published on Wednesday that the FBI had run a spy operation on the Trump campaign that involved government informants, secret subpoenas, and possible wiretaps.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani stated that President Trump might sit down for an interview with Special Counsel Mueller if they know what the Special Counsel’s office wants clarified, and said

Fired FBI Director James Comey skipped a Wednesday closed-door Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, where top current and former Intelligence Community officials reviewed conclusions about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

A new report alleges that former CIA Director John Brennan included claims from the dubious Steele dossier into President Barack Obama’s Presidential Daily Brief — without disclosing the source of the allegations.

In a Friday letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) demanded long-withheld transcripts of former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn’s intercepted telephone calls and accused former FBI Director James Comey of making false public statements about Flynn’s interview with FBI agents.