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As mass shootings filter in and out of the news cycle at an almost dizzying pace with each new tragedy, the FBI has continued to probe why these atrocities continue and what can be done to stop them. In a new report released Wednesday, the bureau shed light on behaviors of shooters before they acted out, finding most obtained a gun legally and did not have diagnosed mental health issues, points that run contrary to some popular beliefs.
Republicans and Democrats sparred for a second day Tuesday over an internal Justice Department report that sharply criticized former FBI Director James Comey for the bureau's work investigating Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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Michael Horowitz, inspector general with the Department of Justice, left, and Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, swear in to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Monday. Michael Horowitz, inspector general with the Department of Justice, left, and Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, swear in to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Monday.
Many people who lack moral and intellectual anchors believe that everyone else, deep down, is like them, though not nearly as smart. In their mythic world view, every value is negotiable and every decision is animated by reflexive self-interest, not principled reasoning.
The FBI is determined to not repeat any of the mistakes identified in a harshly critical watchdog report on the handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, Director Chris Wray told lawmakers at a congressional hearing Monday at which he repeatedly sought to distance himself from his predecessor. Wray said the FBI accepted the findings of the Justice Department inspector general report and has begun making changes, including about how the bureau handles especially sensitive investigations.
WASHINGTON Congress isn't done with the Hillary Clinton email investigation of 2016, despite an independent watchdog report that found no political bias by the FBI or Department of Justice in how the case was handled. Even before the 568-page report was released on Thursday, the Senate and House judiciary committees had scheduled hearings to question the report's author Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz about his findings.
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Registration will allow you to post comments on StamfordAdvocate.com and create a StamfordAdvocate.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. For former Clinton campaign staff like me, the Justice Department Inspector General's report on the Clinton email investigation is an experience of frustrating vindication and mouth-dropping irony.
Was a breastfeeding infant really taken from an immigrant mother? The answer to this and other questions about families separated at the border - Last month, U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy of charging migrants in federal criminal court How Trump Diverged From Other Presidents and Embraced a Policy of Separating Migrant Families - WASHINGTON - Almost immediately after President Trump took office, his administration began weighing what for years had been regarded as the nuclear option in the effort to discourage immigrants from unlawfully entering the United States.
In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington. In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington.
From left, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, respond to the Justice Department's internal 18-month review of the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2018.
And when finally called on it, the Justice Department circled the wagons: proceeding with its tainted prosecution, referring the now-retired Chaves for an internal investigation that has gone exactly nowhere after nearly two years, and using legal maneuvers to block the courts and the public from scrutinizing the scope of the misconduct. The Ethos of Law Enforcement It has become a refrain among defenders of the FBI and Justice Department that critics are trying to destroy these vital institutions.
Greg Sargent has been on a tear for the past forty-eight hours as he discusses the non-partisan media's inability to handle Trump. Yesterday, he wrote that: the Justice Department's inspector general is expected to release a report scrutinizing the FBI's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email arrangement.
President Trump on Friday rejected the conclusion of the new report of the Justice Department 's inspector general, which found that mistakes FBI leaders made in investigating Hillary Clinton 's private emails during the 2016 campaign were not the result of any bias, including on the part of former Director James B. Comey . "The end result was wrong.
On his return from Singapore, President Trump lamented on Twitter that his "thought process must sadly go back to the Witch Hunt." Even before he left Washington for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un , Trump was looking ahead to the scheduled release of a report by the Justice Department 's inspector general, who was expected to sharply criticize the president's nemesis, former FBI Director James B. Comey .
Donald Trump has disputed findings by the Justice Department that former FBI director James Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe was not politically motivated. The department's inspector general report, while critical of the FBI and Mr Comey personally, did not find evidence that political bias tainted the investigation of Mrs Clinton's email practices in the months and days leading up to Mr Trump's election.
President Donald Trump said Friday he did the nation "a great service" by firing James Comey as FBI director and he cited an internal Justice Department report that found Comey was "insubordinate" in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Trump's comments came in his first tweets since the department's inspector general released its 500-page report that also rebuked FBI officials for exchanging anti-Trump text messages during the 2016 campaign.
The sour legacy of the 2016 election is further tightening its grip on Washington after the release of a critical report on the FBI's conduct while investigating scandals linked to the vote. And a new legal front is opening with stunning allegations about the Trump family's behavior during the campaign.
The report focused on decisions by former FBI Director James Comey, but Republicans immediately seized on secondary findings by Inspector General Michael Horowitz, including that five FBI officials expressed hostility toward Trump before his election as president. Horowitz said their actions have been referred to the bureau for possible discipline.