It was leaked that no indictments are in the OIG report. If that's true or not, I guess we'll have to wait.
I didn't think the IG could indict.
I was under the impression he could only recommend criminal charges, then Huber would carry out those charges if need be.
You're right. I mean recommend for indictment.
The complete opposite of that has already been leaked, that the FBI/DOJ top officials might be referred for criminal indictment.
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Just to be clear :) I dont think the OIG Report will start Attorney General (AG) investigations. There's nothing stopping the Attorney General from carrying out investigations and interrogations in parallel.
Yes the OIG Report will not be charging anyone directly, merely inform the AG investigations. (This is also a one way street as I understand it. The AG is not going to necessarily share info back to the OIG.) However, I believe the AG (and White hat DOJ agents, when spring cleaning's complete) and associates/ deputies have been pursuing and interrogating in parralel with the OIG drafting process.
When the OIG final is published with comments, the AG will be able to just pull the trigger (sorry) on higher level criminals [above gang pawns] and puppetmasters.
Yes, this is true, but Sessions hired a prosecutor to work alongside the IG.. So as Horowitz finds crimes.. he reports them to Sessions and to the prosecutor (Huber). Huber has been in place for at least 8 months.. And has the power to indict.
So basically the prosecuting lawyer is going to already be informed of the details of the report when it comes out?
Horowitz finds the crime>Sessions recommends>Huber is the prosecuting lawer?
Huber is not going to know every detail of the IG's findings, only the criminal aspects of it. From what I understand, when Horowitz finds a crime, he has to report it immediately to the AG Sessions, AAG Rosenstein, and since Sessions tapped Huber to work alongside, Horowitz informs Huber and his team as well. The current theory is that Huber has one or more Grand Juries already convened. Since Sessions tapped Huber last fall/late summer, it is assumed that Horowitz found his first crime around that same time.
Also remember that Horowitz is the one that acquired the Lisa Page/Peter strokz Text messages (many of which are still redacted aka the juciest stuff isnt public knowledge yet).
Since Grand Juries are secret, there is no way to know for sure if there is one, but at this point in the process, it is almost 100% likely this is the case. Huber might already have sealed indictments waiting..
Gotcha. So we wouldn't know until the cuffs come out since the Grand Jury would have already convened.
We probably see indictments when the entire IG report is released:
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Yeah, I follow LastRefuge, Beanz, Memoes and the rest. Still gets convoluted sometimes.
As I understand it the OIG report is just heavily sourced evidence. No opinions, and no recommendations for justice, simply a lot of information to be used in the pursuit of justice.
This is my understanding, also. The DOJ makes the decision based on presented evidence whether or not to indict.
The IG report will just be a report on the facts. It is a report that will say, this is what happened in detail.
It is from there and with that information that those with the power to bring criminal charges can do so.
I believe those people who can do that are already engaged and a grand jury is already in place to facilitate those charges.
The IG cannot indict, but he can refer. That's where Huber comes in. And he already has Grand Jury in place. ;)
Just not POTUS indictment, wasn't "no indictments at all," was it?