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Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz testifies at a Senate committee on FISA investigation hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

IG Horowitz says questions remain about FBI’s FISA failures

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Inspector General's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz says he did not reach a conclusion on bias in FISA warrant

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Carter Page, an adviser to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow on July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE**

FISA court raps FBI’s faulty affidavits for Trump wiretaps: ‘Serious misconduct’

By Jeff Mordock and Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Former FBI Director James Comey talks with "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace, Sunday morning, Dec. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Jim Comey Fox News interview most bizarre in history

By Joseph Curl

Carter Page, an adviser to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow on July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE**

Trump campaign wiretap sparked by anonymous call with Christopher Steele source

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama listens to President-elect Donald Trump speak during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama Justice Department declined ‘defensive briefing’ for Trump campaign on Russia

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP file Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) ** FILE **

Kevin Clinesmith, FBI attorney, hid Carter Page CIA informant role, IG report shows

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Inspector General's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz: IG report doesn’t vindicate FBI

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Horowitz ‘surprised’ by Durham pushback, says U.S. attorney offered no evidence to change findings

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 19, 2018, photo, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Michael Horowitz IG report debunks media, Trump foes’ conspiracy theories

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

William Barr says FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 19, 2018, photo, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

IG report blames FBI rules for allowing Trump campaign surveillance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former FBI Director James B. Comey was dishonest in May 2017 when he said he never took steps for FBI surrogates to leak stories about President Trump to the news media, Trump attorneys say. (Associated Press/File)

FBI warrant application to spy on Carter Page was fraught with errors: IG report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testifies before the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing on "Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election," on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz report follows extensive FBI misconduct in Trump era

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., right, speaks to members of the media as Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, looks on as they arrive for closed-door meeting to hear testimony from Tim Morrison, a former senior National Security Council official, in the House impeachment inquiry about President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows call for House hearing with DOJ IG Michael Horowitz

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with members of the media, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Lindsey Graham: DOJ’s IG report on FBI’s alleged FISA abuses to be released Dec. 9

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz, DOJ IG, refuses to answer reporters’ questions on FISA report release

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017, photo, then-FBI Director James B. Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

James Comey referred for criminal prosecution by Justice Department IG

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Fox News host Sean Hannity speaks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, May 15, 2019. The South Carolina Republican said that those who "love the rule of law" will be upset when the Justice Department inspector general's report on alleged abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is released. (Image: Fox News screenshot)

Sean Hannity: ‘Devastating’ FISA abuse report by DOJ inspector general coming, sources say

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., questions Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray on the internal report of the FBI's Clinton email probe and the role of former FBI Director James Comey's actions during the 2016 presidential campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham quizzes inspector general over Peter Strzok’s ‘insurance policy’ text

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times