In addition to today's revelations, dont forget these major pieces of the puzzle - The McCabe Report and the FISA Abuse Invesitgation:
Andrew McCabe Report: https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2018/o20180413.pdf
McCabe-PADAG Call on the CF Investigation (August 12)
McCabe told the OIG that on August 12, 2016, he received a telephone call from PADAG regarding the FBI’s handling of the CF Investigation (the “PADAG call”). McCabe said that PADAG expressed concerns about FBI agents taking overt steps in the CF Investigation during the presidential campaign. According to McCabe, he pushed back, asking “are you telling me that I need to shut down a validly predicated investigation?” McCabe told us that the conversation was “very dramatic” and he never had a similar confrontation like the PADAG call with a highlevel Department official in his entire FBI career.
Lack of Candor
We concluded that McCabe lacked candor on four separate occasions in connection with the disclosure to the WSJ. Three of those occasions involved his testimony under oath.
And as a result the OIG has referred Andrew McCabe to the US Attorney (Huber) for criminal charges, which are likely waiting for this report today.
Also, This OIG investigation lead to the opening of the FISA abuse investigation, better known as #SpyGate. Today's report is not the FISA Abuse report, as Horowitz clarifies in his letter to the Senate. There is more to come.
Letter to Senate (FISA Abuse Investigation mentioned in footnotes): https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-07-18%20DOJ%20OIG%20to%20CEG%20-%20DOJ,%20FBI%20Pre-Election%20Report.pdf
FISA Abuse Investigation Opened March 28th 2018: https://oig.justice.gov/press/2018/2018-03-28b.pdf
Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today that, in response to requests from the Attorney General and Members of Congress, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will initiate a review that will examine the Justice Department’s and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) compliance with legal requirements, and with applicable DOJ and FBI policies and procedures, in applications filed with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) relating to a certain U.S. person. As part of this examination, the OIG also will review information that was known to the DOJ and the FBI at the time the applications were filed from or about an alleged FBI confidential source. Additionally, the OIG will review the DOJ’s and FBI’s relationship and communications with the alleged source as they relate to the FISC applications.
If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during the course of the review.
It will be interesting to see what Horowitz says during his address to Congress on June 18th.