Inspector General Michael Horowitz faced tough questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, as lawmakers pressed him on findings in his report that determined the Russia investigation was proper, despite major errors on the part of the FBI.
24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events.Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Wednesday faced tough questioning from lawmakers on both sides of the Senate Judiciary Committee about his nearlyIn his opening statement, Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in remarks directed at Horowitz, lambasted the FBI and the Department of Justice.
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. However, Horowitz acknowledged that the FBI didn't do all it could to"meet the basic obligation to ensure that the Carter Page FISA applications were 'scrupulously accurate.'"
Horowitz also said he was"surprised" by a statement from U.S. Attorney John Durham on Monday taking issue with his findings. Durham is conducting a broader investigation into how the Russia investigation began. Horowitz said Durham told him in November that he"didn't necessarily agree" that there was justification to open a full counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign.
"We are looking at still that question," Horowitz said in response to Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill."Our investigation is ongoing."said that he"really believes" that the FBI wanted to"bring down the president."
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