(Brian Witte/AP)Let’s be honest here — the Justice Department had a big problem before President Trump arrived on the scene, or, more specifically, the FBI did. That history is about to be reviewed in a report from DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz. Before Comey sent the letter to Congress, at least one senior Justice Department official told the FBI that publicizing the bombshell move so close to an election would violate longstanding department policy, and it would ignore federal guidelines prohibiting the disclosure of information related to an ongoing investigation, ABC News was told. Attorney General John Ashcroft liked to point out that our Department is named for a moral value. His department might appreciate a moral boost, since Sessions rarely defends his troops.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2018 20:37 UTC