Correct me if I am wrong but my understanding of Horowitz’s report on F&F was based on the Information DOJ would provide him. That there was a big fight over the information and Holder/Obama won it. So Horowitz never had access to memos, emails etc he wanted/needed.
IG Horowitz exonerated Holder on the basis of personal interviews. To paraphrase Strangelove:
Horowitz: I said lie to me, Eric—and you lied to me.
Horowitz had evidence that Holder was lying, but he bought the lies anyway.
The Inspector General’s Exoneration of Eric Holder
Written by Gun Owners of America
Published: 22 September 2012
The “see no evil, hear no evil” defense
Much of the media has moved quickly to close the books on Attorney General Eric Holder’s role in the Fast and Furious scandal, based on this week’s report from the Justice Department’s Inspector General’s office, headed by Michael E. Horowitz.
But for many others, the 471-page report is nothing more than an effort by an employee to exonerate his boss.
Regarding the so-called “watchdog report,” GOA Executive Larry Pratt told CBN News, “The wolf has reported from the chicken coop that there’s nobody here but us chickens.” (Click here to see the interview in its entirety.)
Some Inspector Generals and special counsels in the past have shown rare courage in challenging superiors who have the capacity to destroy their careers. Sadly, Inspector General Horowitz does not appear to be one of them.
Gun Owners of America has focused, in particular, on the pathetic two-paragraph conclusion concerning Attorney General Eric Holder [on page 453] and have examined its validity — based on the extensive knowledge and participation of Gun Owners of America, as we have helped unearth this scandal.
The Inspector General (IG) exonerated Holder, not based on what the Attorney General knew or should have known … or what he constructively knew … or on what information was provided to him.
Rather, Holder was vindicated based on his ability to misstate facts so effectively there was little to nothing for the IG to “pin on him.”
https://www.gunowners.org/igreportanalysis2012.htm