The Justice Department’s inspector general has been focused for
months on why Andrew McCabe, as the No. 2 official at the FBI, appeared
not to act for about three weeks on a request to examine a batch of
Hillary Clinton-related emails found in the latter stages of the 2016
election campaign, the Washington Post reports.
The inspector general, Michael Horowitz, has been asking witnesses why FBI leadership seemed unwilling to move forward on the examination of emails found on the laptop of former congressman Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., until late October — about three weeks after first being alerted to the issue, according to the Post report, which was attributed to people familiar with the matter. The Post said these people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
A key question of the internal investigation is whether McCabe or anyone else at the FBI wanted to avoid taking action on the laptop findings until after the Nov. 8 election, the Post said these people said. It is unclear whether the inspector general has reached any conclusions on that point.
A major line of inquiry for the inspector general has been trying to determine who at the FBI and the Justice Department knew about the Clinton emails on the Weiner laptop, and when they learned about them. McCabe is a central figure in those inquiries, according to the Post.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/nation/Internal-Justice-Department-probe-eyes-McCabe-s-role-in-final-weeks-of-2016-election_165006429
The inspector general, Michael Horowitz, has been asking witnesses why FBI leadership seemed unwilling to move forward on the examination of emails found on the laptop of former congressman Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., until late October — about three weeks after first being alerted to the issue, according to the Post report, which was attributed to people familiar with the matter. The Post said these people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
A key question of the internal investigation is whether McCabe or anyone else at the FBI wanted to avoid taking action on the laptop findings until after the Nov. 8 election, the Post said these people said. It is unclear whether the inspector general has reached any conclusions on that point.
A major line of inquiry for the inspector general has been trying to determine who at the FBI and the Justice Department knew about the Clinton emails on the Weiner laptop, and when they learned about them. McCabe is a central figure in those inquiries, according to the Post.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/nation/Internal-Justice-Department-probe-eyes-McCabe-s-role-in-final-weeks-of-2016-election_165006429
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