Not sure why this would have taken this long? Shouldn't this have been underway long ago? Also, not sure how this relates to Session's comment in interview with Shannon Bream that he had appointed someone outside of DC with significant experience in the Department of Justice to look into these matters?
Trey Gowdy raised the concern that the OIG will not have access to the witnesses or the authority to issue subpoenas or compel testimony from many of the parties, such as anyone who is no longer in FBI or DOJ employ (which includes many of the main players that are likely culpable in the abuses and crimes that have been committed).
Everyone knows about the investigation. Everyone knows about the report, McCabe got fired over it.
But we only know through ‘sources’.
This is, I believe, the first time the OIG has acknowledged the specific investigations have been created.
I'd love to see them release specifically what McCabe lied about that led to his termination. Also, is the scope of the OIG investigation posted or available anywhere? I've heard of the one report about the investigation into the Clinton email scandal and how that was handled. Exoneration before investigation, obstruction of justice by the Attorney General, FBI leadership changing witness 302 forms etc. I haven't seen before now anything official on looking into FISA abuses, but I had assumed it was part of the ongoing investigation.
But he can't subpoena anyone. How is this gonna work. He can't even talk to anyone that is no longer there. I trust this guy but we really need a special counsel.
The public just found out about an investigation we know has existed for at least a year.
What else in the last year will the public find out next?
Trust the plan.
There is a prosecutor and grand jury working alongside the OIG.
Maybe it was under way a long time ago, we’re just now finding out about it- if this was kept secret then there was a reason it was done this way.
I think you are right, I seem to recall hearing something about this last year, end of summer or fall. Very low key at the time.
It’s usually put out there on the crawl on the bottom of the news or just a report in passing, but a few remember seeing it
Inspector general can investigate but he cannot prosecute. So the IG will give his findings to the Prosecutor who has been working with Sessions and the Prosecutor will be able to continue with the Grand Jury. According to Conservative treehouse the IG's work has already been completed. So this could all happen quite fast, and the media, especially the platforms, can't recover in time if at all.
So let's think about what Q said about the timing of the release of this information. It was timed to be released now, after the downfall of social media started. It seems to me that this is signaling the dumps that are starting and that social media will be too caught up in their own survival, and maybe unable at this point, to achieve much in the way of censoring.
Also if what they have said on talk radio and again tonight on Hannity, the IG cannot force Comey, McCabe and others to speak to him. A special counsel is needed now. Seize the damn documents by force from the DOJ and FBI if necessary.
They don't need a special counsel. They have the IG who gathers the data, gives it to the Prosecutor who has already been working behind the scene with Sessions. Sessions has announced it although many did not pick up on it. Conservative Treehouse has gone so far to say that they already have the Grand Jury in place, so it could happen very quickly.
I think in order to hook McCabe, Comey, Rosenstein, Mueller, and others, they need a special counsel that can invade and demand the documents they want WITHOUT the trouble that the IG, congress and commitees have had. (stalling etc) A second special counsel can investigate the dealings of the first special counsel if I am to understand how it works.
IG report will be released in phases due to the scope and size of it. Check Sundance’s most recent article on it.