[JudyinCanada]

Question: If political bias was not the motivation, what was?

[Col Frank Slade]

Let the Dog and Pony Show begin !!

[Howie66]

Oh, that’s easy! Just “Grins and Giggles”, don’tcha know?

[rlmorel]

The media has said the report stated there is no evidence of political bias. They are being deliberately incorrect (lying) IMO.

The report says there is no DIRECT evidence of political bias, no smoking gun. However, it specifically states on page 398 that there is PLENTY of circumstantial evidence of political bias and they classify the bias in three categories as follows (from the IG Report):

"...We identified three categories of text messages that raised concerns about potential bias in FBI investigations. The first were text messages of a political nature commenting on Trump and Clinton. We specifically highlight these text messages because Strzok and Page played important roles in investigations involving both Trump and Clinton, and the exchange of these text messages on an FBI-issued device potentially created an appearance of bias. The second category we identified were text messages that combined expressions of political sentiments with a discussion of the Midyear investigation, potentially indicating or creating the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper considerations. The third category raised similar questions with respect to the Russia investigation.

So, they definitively state what is obvious to anyone who had read the transcripts of messages between Strzok and Page, as well as comments from McCabe and Comey...that there was indeed political bias. One can only assume they are saying there isn't bias for the same reason the media says it. They want it all to go away.

[a little elbow grease]

From Last Refuge:

"IG Horowitz saying FBI explanations of conduct were "unconvincing" and "unpersuasive" is the equivalent of saying water is lacking dryness."