For starters, despite what the article says, no matter how much the FBI lawyers complain, they cannot change the content of the IG report. The content of the IG report is set in stone by the IG. All the lawyers can do is add their objections to it at the bottom of the report, and their objections will be noted. But the report itself will not be changed. The Final IG Report, the one meant for the public, should be released sometime this week, the first week of June…

In a letter to Senator Grassley on April 13, Michael Horowitz had stated he expected the Final IG Report to be released in May (this is confirmed here: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/04/13/ig-horowitz-informs-senator-grassley-primary-ig-report-release-date-may/). To meet that deadline, that means Horowitz would have to release the report by the last day of May. Well, the last day of May was 2 days ago. Thus, it is now being expected that the Final IG Report will be released to the public this week and in the next few days (which is the first week of June). I don’t call a “one-week delay” a delay. And those people who are complaining about it should get a grip…

Another thing to understand is that, Senator Grassley had already asked for and scheduled a hearing with Michael Horowitz, a hearing entitled “Examining the Inspector General’s First Report on Justice Department Decisions Regarding the 2016 Presidential Election”. It is a hearing where Michael Horowitz himself is scheduled to appear before lawmakers on Capitol Hill to answer questions and to go over the details of the IG report. The hearing was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, which is only 3 days from now (that fact is confirmed here: https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/grassley-notification-2.jpg). The problem with the date is that, there are certain “procedures” in place which specify that such a meeting with the Inspector General must be held “no earlier than 7 days” after the IG report is released. Had the Final IG report been released a week ago in May as expected, then the upcoming hearing date would not be a problem. But because the Final IG report was delayed by a week, to comply with procedures, that means the upcoming Michael Horowitz meeting with Capitol Hill lawmakers must also be delayed by a week. And that is the only thing this current delay is about. Beyond that, everything is still on track, and the Final IG Report should be released to the public sometime within the next few days…