"consequence of the Sessions recusal issues, [Deputy Attorney General Rod] Rosenstein was in charge of approving all OIG investigative document production and DOJ/FBI scheduling for testimony. Mueller’s team gave Rosenstein a list of restrictive lines of inquiry that would be considered obstructing their own investigation and should thereby be considered ‘out-of-bounds‘ for OIG review; those instructions broadly created limits on what Horowitz could see, and who Horowitz could interview.

According to a person directly involved, an internal investigative complaint was filed to the AG; however, due to recusal issues that complaint was forwarded (by Sessions) to FBI chief-legal-counsel Dana Boente.

General Counsel Boente, hired by Christopher Wray, ultimately concurred with Mueller and Rosenstein’s decision thereby blocking any internal investigative efforts under the auspices of protecting the integrity of the ongoing Mueller probe.

A bureaucratic catch-22."

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//thenationalsentinel.com/2018/12/27/huber-horowitz-probes-of-hillary-clinton-spygate-nothing-but-cover-for-the-deep-state/?fbclid=IwAR0VGNZ15fPxi-sJ3S-i9KEPmfQpQR1UzSf7lRUkiQkvOqtBZqhpej1cLKw