The Justice Department's inspector general debunked claims by Trump that political bias played a role in the FBI's decision to launch Russia probe.
WASHINGTON — Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz will testify Wednesday about his findings that the FBI was legally justified in launching its investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Democrats, Republicans and the president have each declared victories after Horowitz released his report Monday. Democrats said the report, the product of a nearly two-year-long review, discredited conspiracy theories fanned by Trump and Republicans about how the Russia investigation began. Republicans, citing serious errors Horowitz identified, said the report back their claim that the bureau's top law enforcement officials abused their power.
The inspector general also examined the FBI's relationship with Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer who was hired by Fusion GPS, a research firm working for then-Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton's campaign. Steele, who was an FBI source for years, authored the infamous"dossier" alleging ties between Trump and Russia.
Horowitz identified 17 inaccuracies across three surveillance applications that effectively inflated the justification to monitor Page. Among the most common errors were the omission of important information, including some that contradicted investigators' suspicions, the report said. Horowitz: DOJ inspector general, set to release major report on FBI's Russia investigation, spent years prosecuting corrupt officials
"With that kind of attitude," Wray"will never be able to fix the FBI, which is badly broken despite having some of the greatest men & women working there!" Trump tweeted.
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