DOJ watchdog expected to say FBI erred, but absolve top leaders of anti-Trump bias

The Hill ^ | 11 22 2019 | Olivia Beavers

[trebb]

Yep - tossing mid-level folks under the bus may end up in a few trying out their singing voices.

[KC_Conspirator]

Why is the NY Times saying nothing is going to happen and everyone just belches and repeats it?

[4Liberty]

I changed my tag line....

[bob_esb]

I hate to believe the NYT ....
or have we debunked this stuff

From ZeroHedge: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-watchdog-expected-downgrade-spying-trump-campaign-typical-law-enforcement-activities

Now we learn that Horowitz, who volunteered on several Democratic political campaigns while in college and is married to a former liberal political activist, Obama donor and CNN employee, is expected to conclude that the FBI didn’t spy on the Trump campaign.

Mr. Horowitz found no evidence that Mr. Halper tried to infiltrate the Trump campaign itself, the people familiar with the draft report said, such as by seeking inside campaign information or a role in the organization. The F.B.I. also never directed him to do so, former officials said. Instead, Mr. Halper focused on eliciting information from Mr. Page and Mr. Papadopoulos about their ties to Russia.

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Mr. Trump and his allies have pointed to some of the investigative steps the F.B.I. took as evidence of spying, though they were typical law enforcement activities. -NYT

Recall that the Obama administration had paid Halper over $1 million over a several years, with nearly half of it surrounding the 2016 election.

Moreover, Horowitz will conclude that while the FBI was ‘careless and unprofessional’ in pursuing a wiretap on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, and that a ‘front-line lawyer’ Kevin Clinesmith, 37, fabricated evidence to support a FISA spy warrant renewal against Page, that the underlying justification to go after page remained intact.

In other slaps on the wrist, Horowitz is expected to criticize DOJ official Bruce Ohr for failing to inform his bosses about his extensive contacts with ‘Steele Dossier’ author Christopher Steele.