Justice Department IG Michael Horowitz Testifies
READ: Horowitz opening statement to Senate panel
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his findings regarding the FBI investigation into President Trump's 2016 campaign.
Horowitz's report, released Monday, found that the probe was flawed but that agents were not motivated by political bias.
Read his opening remarks below.
IG Horowitz says FBI's Trump probe was a failure by 'the entire chain of command'
Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz will told lawmakers Wednesday the FBI’s investigation into alleged ties between Russia and the Trump campaign was a failure by the bureau’s “entire chain of command.”
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Horowitz said the FBI’s application to monitor a Trump campaign aide was riddled with errors and omissions, and the brass should have better managed the agents.
Inspector general testifies about FBI’s investigation of Trump campaign
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is testifying Wednesday about his findings that the FBI investigation of President Trump’s 2016 campaign featured “serious performance failures” but was not motivated by political bias.
The inspector general’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee comes amid a tense standoff among senior government officials over the 434-page report analyzing the FBI investigation in 2016 to determine if anyone in the Trump campaign was conspiring with Russia to interfere in the presidential election.