Inspector General Michael Horowitz notified lawmakers in a Wednesday letter that the draft report was complete and being made available to the agencies and individuals examined in the probe. Trump last month blasted former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe after the inspector general released a separate report accusing the ex-No. Page and Strzok were both key figures in the Clinton email probe, and they came to the particular attention of the inspector general and later, the public, for exchanging anti-Trump texts. It is normal for those mentioned in inspector general reports — whether they be people or government agencies — to review drafts. “With respect to how I made my decisions in the Clinton case, I think they’ll find they were made thoughtfully and deliberately,” he said in a recent interview with The Washington Post.

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2018 00:14 UTC