The Russia Hoaxers have apparently settled on “We did nothing wrong, but if we did, it was all the fault of some low-level employees in Cincinnati” as their primary spin on the Horowitz IG report, which they haven’t read (and isn’t even finished). https://t.co/lUHe4fOdAa
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 22, 2019
They’re already claiming it’ll be like the Hillary findings.
Via Townhall:
It’s been a long time. We’ve waited on this report for a long time, folks. And finally, it’s here. On December 9, it will be released. The Department of Justice’s inspector general report of the alleged FISA abuses that are at the heart of the Russian collusion and Trump campaign spying allegations. Was there bias? Well, someone is leaking something because The Washington Post and The New York Times are saying there isn’t any evidence of that, but that lower-level FBI officials were incredibly reckless concerning honoring surveillance protocols. The spin mode has been activated (via WaPo).
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog is expected to find in a forthcoming report that political bias did not taint top officials running the FBI investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign in 2016, while at the same time criticizing the bureau for systemic failures in its handling of surveillance applications, according to two U.S. officials.