The first hearing -- this one in SJC -- on the DOJ IG report will start shortly. As a reminder, the evidence shows that Peter Strzok lost the fight to investigate Trump more aggressively. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/06/16/peter-strzoks-changed-viewpoint-from-may-and-july-2017/ … Strzok has offered to testify; no one has taken him up on that.
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Feinstein notes Strzok and Page pushed some of the more aggressive moves against Hillary.
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Wray: Mistakes made by those employees do not impugn the work of the other 37K employees.
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EIGHT MINUTE ROUNDS! Judges get confirmed for lifetime appointments with less than that.
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Feinstein hitting disparity in review of leaks abt two investigations.
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Feinstein asking abt Rudy's pre-knowledge of reopened investigation. "Were you able to determine how Giuliani received this investigation?" Horowitz: Won't talk about investigative steps. Our investigative work still ongoing.
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Horowitz curiously saying that they'll report results of leak investigation when they can consistent with IG act. Ongoing criminal investigation?
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Hatch doesn't seem to know the difference between DOJ and FBI. But so what? He has only been on this committee for multiple decades.
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Leahy: Irony doesn't begin to explain Trump and his allies using this report for political gain. If FBI wanted to throw election couldn't have done. Every single misstep helped Donald Trump.
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Leahy: At open hearing Comey said ongoing investigation into Giuliani. Wray: A number of things I would have done differently.
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Horowitz answers same Q: not able to speak to work we may have ongoing.
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Leahy showing that FBI used CHS against Hillary well into Hillary's campaign to be president. Does that show wrong-doing? Wray: We use confidential informants in all manner of investigation.
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Leahy asks if tampering by HPSCI will set a bad precedent. Wray talks about two competing issues. "I'm confident we can do both."
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Can we agree on one thing: The name "Midyear Investigation" was stupid. They should have called it Operation Smash Sid Blumenthal.
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1. Commissioning of Dossier was a crime 2. Purpose of Dossier was for warrant to spy on Trump. Leaks would have alerted the spying victim. 3. Dossier would easily be discredited once made public, invalidating warrants 4. Dossier WAS partially leaked to public pre-election
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You're talking about the role of Clinton Cash in the investigation of the Clinton Foundation, right? You MUST be, because it had a far more central role in an investigation of a candidate.
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Until Halloween.
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She may be referring to investigation leaks.
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