Inspector General report on Hillary Clinton email investigation to be released June 14, Trump's birthday

The highly-anticipated inspector general report about the Justice Department and FBI’s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server is set to be released on June 14, President Trump's birthday.

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that the report is currently under review and certain parts are being classified, but “[m]ost of this process is complete.”

“[W]e anticipate releasing the report on June 14, 2018,” Horowitz said in a Thursday letter to Grassley.

Horowitz also said he will testify before the committee on the report during a June 18 hearing.

That hearing is called “Examining the Inspector General’s First Report on Justice Department and FBI Actions in Advance of the 2016 Presidential Election.”

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Trump passive-aggressively rips Trudeau and Macron in 172 characters: 'Look forward to seeing them tomorrow'

President Trump took a shot at French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a Thursday evening tweet.

"Please tell Prime Minister Trudeau and President Macron that they are charging the U.S. massive tariffs and create non-monetary barriers," Trump wrote.

"The EU trade surplus with the U.S. is $151 Billion, and Canada keeps our farmers and others out. Look forward to seeing them tomorrow."

Please tell Prime Minister Trudeau and President Macron that they are charging the U.S. massive tariffs and create non-monetary barriers. The EU trade surplus with the U.S. is $151 Billion, and Canada keeps our farmers and others out. Look forward to seeing them tomorrow.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2018

Trump's comments come on the heels of reports claiming that Macron is considering rebuking Trump at the conclusion of the G7 Summit in Quebec, Canada this weekend.

"The American President may not mind being isolated, but neither do we mind signing a 6 country agreement if need be," Macron tweeted in English Thursday afternoon. "Because these 6 countries represent values, they represent an economic market which has the weight of history behind it and which is now a true international force."

The American President may not mind being isolated, but neither do we mind signing a 6 country agreement if need be. Because these 6 countries represent values, they represent an economic market which has the weight of history behind it and which is now a true international force https://t.co/UA86fcjozs

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 7, 2018

Both he and Trudeau have been critical of Trump's recent decision to rescind exemptions for U.S. allies in regard to his tariffs on steel and aluminum.

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Former Joy Reid colleague: She was one 'evil woman'

Former colleagues of Joy Reid described the MSNBC host as an “evil woman” who created a “toxic” work environment, according to a report published Thursday.

Reid, who has been facing backlash over waves of unearthed controversial posts from her old blog, is now being characterized as toxic and unhealthy by former WPTS radio co-host Andre Eggelletion.

“It was a very unhealthy work environment because of her attitude. She attacked me on a constant basis while I was there. I was even once threatened with physical violence during a break with her,” he told Fox News.

Eggelletion and Reid hosted “Wake Up South Florida” together from 2006 to 2007. The two were said to have clashed. One incident, where she threatened him physically, had management considering firing Reid if she didn’t change her behavior and beg Eggelletion to stay on the show.

Eggelletion’s accounts were corroborated by Lee Michaels, the former national program director for Syndication One, the parent company of WTPS. He said he spoke to the general manager about how Reid's behavior "just can't be tolerated" and there was an effort to mediate the situation.

But the clashes continued, and Reid allegedly once told the general manager, “Y’all want me to be his friend. I don’t want to be his motherf—–g friend."

Reid’s controversial and homophobic comments didn’t stop at her blog posts, according to Eggelletion. She made similar homophobic slurs about Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who she called “Miss Crist,” on air, he recalled.

Old posts from Reid’s now-defunct blog have surfaced in a number of reports over the past few months, to which she either has apologized for or blamed on hackers.

Eggelletion isn’t convinced that Reid's assertions that she has changed since then are sincere.

“I do believe she’s not telling the truth about who that person was. Maybe she has changed, but back then, that was one evil woman,” he said. “She said she doesn’t know who that person is – I find it very hard to believe. Very hard to believe based on my experience with her. Based on her attitudes towards me to this day.”

https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-joy-reid-colleague-she-was-one-evil-woman

Facebook privacy woes compounded by glitch exposing 14 million posts

Not for the first time, Facebook users have learned that some of the information they shared through the ubiquitous social media platform reached a wider audience than intended.

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company told 14 million account-holders on Thursday that a glitch from May 18 to May 27 inadvertently made all their posts during that time public – meaning they could be seen by anyone with a Web browser rather than the select friends and family for whom the items may have been intended.

The incident may compound scrutiny of the company that Mark Zuckerberg founded as a Harvard University student, coming on the heels of revelations about data-sharing with companies including Chinese firms earlier this decade when Facebook was expanding rapidly onto mobile devices.

Earlier this year, Zuckerberg testified before two congressional committees after the discovery that a consultant for President Trump's 2016 campaign, Cambridge Analytica, improperly gained access to information on 87 million of its users.

Admitting a "breach of trust" with users, Zuckerberg promised new and better tools to control data afterward. Despite Facebook's efforts, which also include doubling the number of staffers assigned to user security, analyst have warned that user growth and engagement with the platform may slow in the aftermath.

Facebook, which fell 1.7 percent o $188.18 in New York trading on Thursday, has still outpaced the S&P 500 so far this year.

Its latest misstep occurred while the company was creating a new way for users to share featured items such as photos. Since such items are public, developers inadvertently made that the setting for all new posts, not just featured ones. The error was stopped on May 22, but Facebook was unable to return all affected posts to their correct setting until five days later.

"We are letting everyone affected know and asking them to review any posts they made during that time," said Erin Egan, the company's chief privacy officer.

The notification process that followed is something users may encounter more often in the future as Facebook increases transparency about how its products are designed as well as how they use data.

"To be clear, this bug did not impact anything people had posted before – and they could still choose their audience just as they always have," Egan said. "We’d like to apologize for this mistake."

https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/another-facebook-glitch-hits-14-million-users

>>1662843

No chance they can get anything over on Trump, they know little to nothing about negotiating. I agree they will walk away empty handed, and they should if they aren't willing to craft a fair deal.

>>1662863

That's an interesting thought, and it would have been legally obtained, hmm, you might be on to something here.

>>1662867

You know I cringe when I see parents and grandparents put pictures of their children/grandchildren any where on the internet, because of those kind of people.

I hope they wake up sooner rather than later.

>>1662886

I agree, that's why I spend my time search the news and working on digs, I notice the noise from them less that way.

>>1662807

Indeed, she is also the media sacred cow, if you can imagine that!

>>1662861

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>>1662929

Elaine Chao defends brother-in-law's nomination by President Trump to lead federal pension agency

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao jumped to the defense of her brother-in-law, Gordon Hartogensis, who was tapped by President Trump to lead a federal pension agency last month.

“It is true that he is my brother-in-law, but Secretary Acosta made the selection and hired him, and I think he's an excellent choice," Chao admitted during a Thursday interview with the Washington Post.

Chao’s revelation came after the Post’s Robert Costa had asked her if she, and her husband Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, played a hand in securing his nomination.

"I don't think anybody's relations or relatives should be held against them, certainly not me," she continued, while boasting his accomplishments and independence.

Trump nominated Hartogensis last month to head the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a federal agency designed to protect private-sector pension plans with federal insurance.

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