DOJ IG admits his delayed report–now in draft form–will include info on number of FBI informants involved in Jan 6 and which ones went inside the Capitol.
Today I asked DOJ Inspector General why his J6 report has taken almost 4 years and won’t come out before the election. The number of FBI informants participating in the January 6th 2021 protest will shock folks. I’ll post the rest of my questions from this hearing later today. Massie is seeking information on the presence and role of FBI informants in the Jan. 6 events — a topic Horowitz said will be addressed in the report.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said he recently received a draft of the long-anticipated report, but the process of completing it and preparing it for release is expected to extend beyond Election Day. “I doubt it would be done in time for the election,” Horowitz said during a hearing of the House subcommittee probing “weaponization” of the federal government.
“Is it going to be done before the inauguration?” an incredulous Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) asked. “That is certainly my hope,” Horowitz replied. Horowitz, who has been inspector general since 2012, said some of the delay has been caused by a decision to “pause” the report amid criminal investigations the Justice Department led into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. It didn’t resume until last year, he said, adding that before the report can be released it will have to be sent to top DOJ officials for their response and for a classification review.
Massie complained Thursday that the years of delay in getting answers to such questions undercut the value of watchdog reports like the one Horowitz is preparing.
“The reason to do these reports, I think, is … not to make the same mistakes again. But we are just weeks away from an inauguration, and we’re four years, almost four years into this report,” the frustrated House member declared
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DOJ IG delayed J6 report, won’t come out before the election after 4 years, FBI informants in J6