The Inspector General for the Justice Department Michael Horowitz announced that he would launch an investigation into allegations that employees improperly disclosed information about investigations ahead of the 2016 election.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General Wednesday requesting that his office investigate multiple instances of serious breaches of professional ethics and potential violations of law at this department.
Conservative leader Rep. Jim Jordan has joined the growing chorus urging the removal of Peter Kadzik, an assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice, following revelations that he leaked information to his friend, John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
The Department of Justice does not appear to see any problem with news that Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik sent a presidential campaign a “heads up” on upcoming federal government actions through a private email address.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used a packed rally in Miami, Florida, to publicize and criticize the close ties between Democratic political operatives and officials in the Department of Justice.
After emails released by WikiLeaks Wednesday morning showed the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik using his personal email account to give a “heads up” to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta about events related to the Hillary Clinton email scandal, Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch and former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Joe diGenova gave scathing responses to the information.
Assistant Attorney General Peter J. Kadzik shared information about the congressional investigation of Hillary Clinton with his friend John Podesta, according to new emails revealed by WikiLeaks.
