But there was “no political bias”?
maybe because it wasn’t directly related to the e-mail thing?
OH, you picked up on that eh? Sheesh. The whole investigation was covered in bias which is why they protected Hillary and attempted to destroy Trump. These people just aren't to be taken seriously.
If these leaks are true, the report is a whitewash, as many here
we’re afraid of. No political bias? Yeah right.
Thanks Sessions you POS.
It was “for our own good” according to some WP commenters.
That is exactly the mentality that caused the attempted coup in the first place.
This is an odd conclusion. If there was no political bias, what was the reason? Personal? Financial?
Lacking another option, I don't see how political bias can be ruled out.
No FINDING OF political bias.
In other words, the IG has them dead to rights on so many other things, it has no need to open that can of worms at all.
So full of bull crap!
[But there was “no political bias”?]
Typical whitewash from the Deep State and the Uniparty.
If it fits their agenda, then there’s no “bias”.....
The IG report does not state there was no bias; only that he was not given documents or testimony proving there was bias. Read the following. He clearly believes there was bias.
This is from the conclusions part of the report. May not be as bad as some might think:
“First, we found that several FBI employees who played critical roles in the investigation sent political messages—some of which related directly to the Midyear investigation—that created the appearance of bias and thereby raised questions about the objectivity and thoroughness of the Midyear investigation. Even more seriously, text messages between Strzok and Page pertaining to the Russia investigation, particularly a text message from Strzok on August 8 stating “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.” in response to a Page text “[Trump’s] not ever going to become president, right? Right?!,” are not only indicative of a biased state of mind but imply a willingness to take official action to impact a presidential candidate’s electoral prospects. This is antithetical to the core values of the FBI and the Department of Justice. While we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigative actions we reviewed in Chapter Five, the conduct by these employees cast a cloud over the entire FBI investigation and sowed doubt about the FBI’s work on, and its handling of, the Midyear investigation. It also called into question Strzok’s failure in October 2016 to follow up on the Midyear-related investigative lead discovered on the Weiner laptop. The damage caused by these employees’ actions extends far beyond the scope of the Midyear investigation and goes to the heart of the FBI’s reputation for neutral factfinding and political independence.”
The OIG report states that FBI sent political messages that create appearances of bias and raises questions about objectivity. So it is about far more people than just Strzok and Page.
The OIG did not find “documentary or testimonial evidence that that improper considerations, including political bias, ...”, this conclusion specifically states that, “ the conduct by these employees cast a cloud over the entire FBI investigation and sowed doubt about the FBI’s work on, and its handling of, the Midyear investigation.” In other words, the FBI and DOJ employees did not give him documents or testimony admitting their bias. Of course they didn’t; those corrupt people were not going to sign their own indictment and admit their crimes.The OIG is not saying there wasn’t bias, because this same paragraph clearly states that he believes their was bias.
If you scroll down to Attachment H, you will see a diagram of a number of high-ranking FBI personnel exchanging phone calls with reporters, including over 20 each between the Director (had to be Comey) and a “special Agent” with a particular reporter.
Hard to see how Comey can avoid prosecution for these crimes. The others have real problems, too.
All they have to say: It was not his politics, it was his personality - he just is not nice.