The Silencing of the Inspectors General

Townhall.com ^ | June 14, 2018 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Kaslin]

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, an Obama administration appointee, is scheduled to deliver a report this week on DOJ and FBI abuses during the 2016 campaign cycle. Remember: His last investigation of FBI misconduct advised a criminal referral for fired former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who allegedly lied to federal investigators.

McCabe and at least a half-dozen other FBI employees quit, retired, were fired or were reassigned as a result of fallout from the politicization of the FBI. Yet, as Barack Obama left office, his chief of staff, Denis McDonough, strangely boasted that the Obama administration "has been historically free of scandal." Obama himself recently concluded of his eight-year tenure, "I didn't have scandals."

Those were puzzling assertions, given nearly nonstop scandals during Obama's eight years in office involving the IRS; General Services Administration; Peace Corps; Secret Service; Veterans Administration; and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, not to mention the Clinton email server scandal, the Benghazi scandal and the 2016 Democratic National Committee email scandal.

For nearly eight years, the Obama administration sought to cover up serial wrongdoing by waging a veritable war against the watchdog inspectors general of various federal agencies.

In 2014, 47 of the nation's 73 inspectors general signed a letter alleging that Obama had stonewalled their "ability to conduct our work thoroughly, independently, and in a timely manner."

The frustrated nonpartisan auditors cited systematic Obama administration refusals to turn over incriminating documents that were central to their investigations.

The administration had purportedly tried to sidetrack an IG investigation into possible misconduct by then-Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. In addition, the Obama administration reportedly thwarted IG investigations of Amtrak, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the Office of Management and Budget

[Neoliberalnot]

America is so very lucky that we survived the administration of that Muslim cretin, who loathed every one of us, including members of his own race, in order to destroy America and at the same time promote his adopted religion...Islam, thanks to his evil mentor”

I would still like to see a cheap, but very strong, scratchy, rope around this criminals neck.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Thanks. Good read.

[Sir Napsalot]

So far, (how many days now?) my local news said absolutely NOTHING about the IG report. They kept reporting Paul Manafort in jail for at least two days.

Pathetic. And who’s the Fake News now!

Yet most of their viewers think of themselves as having more smarts and more compassion than rest of us, esp. the Trump voters.

[lodi90]

America is so very lucky that we survived the administration of that Muslim cretin, who loathed every one of us, including members of his own race, in order to destroy America and at the same time promote his adopted religion...Islam, thanks to his evil mentor.

I than God every day for Donald J. Trump. May god bless and keep him safe.

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Doesn’t look to me like we did surive the kenyan. Trump may be in the White House but he clearly is not in control of his admin. The Deep State has seized control aided and abetted by the GOP.

[Eleutheria5]

All of these allegations were ignored by the MSM, so therefore were not scandals.

[patriotfury]

This is how Marxist thugs have always worked throughout time.

Abusively, violently, and summarily.

In a lawful system of liberty subjugation of the masses requires extreme prejudice, mass indoctrination, societal fear, violent eradication of morality and those who espouse moral boundaries, as well as elimination of belief in God, individual responsibility, and liberty!

Even from this left wing appointed IG and his own report, more than one of these senior FBI agents, are now on record as mocking the electorate, and mocking even the idea of our Republic. As such, which system of governance are they working to establish? They are clearly at war with our US Constitution and large segment of our free society!

[Maris Crane]

I stayed away from FR and TV for two days, because I was so hurt by the report that was a mirror image of what that crook, Comey, presented on that terrible day.

What I decided in those forty eight hours is this:

President Trump want us all to see for ourselves how basically corrupt and in need of total change we need to support him, not half-heartedly, but full support. Because this thoughtful process has finally made me feel better, I am going to stick with it. If this doesn’t change and start holding people accountable, I’m afraid I am going to lose all interest in the fate of our beloved country.

SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, MUST PAY FOR THIS.

I pray it will happen.

[lodi90]

IT it is what it its. At this point all we can do is help get Trump reelected.

[SunkenCiv]

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, an Obama administration appointee, is scheduled to deliver a report this week on DOJ and FBI abuses during the 2016 campaign cycle. Remember: His last investigation of FBI misconduct advised a criminal referral for fired former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who allegedly lied to federal investigators.

Thanks Kaslin.