This judge is no doubt waiting for the IG report to wash his hands of sentencing.
Only a candy ass judge worried about his or her political future would wait for an IG report. No federal judge worth his or her salt has any respect or faith in any of the departmental IGs, which generally just whitewash agency misconduct.
I am holding out for the optimism of your prior comment.
The IG report is an updated version of this copout.