WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General released a report detailing the FBI’s actions prior to the 2016 election including the handling of the investigation into classified information on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server.
“The Inspector General report shows real problems within the FBI and Justice Department. While some questions have been answered, many new questions have been raised. It is virtually impossible to have conclusive, irrefutable evidence that bias led to Director Comey’s exoneration of Hillary Clinton. The report shows, however, violations of FBI and DOJ policy, serious lapses in judgment, and questionable contacts with news reporters. I’d like to thank Inspector General Horowitz for a thorough investigation conducted with integrity, and look forward to his testimony before my committee on June 27th.”
- The text messages between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page released by Senator Johnson can be found here.
- Johnson’s interim report: The Clinton Email Scandal And The FBI’s Investigation Of It
- Appendix C can be found here.
Johnson’s oversight of the Justice Department and the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server 2015-2018:
June 6, 2018: Johnson letter to DHS regarding prep materials for September 2016 election security briefing.
May 21, 2018: Johnson letter to FBI Director Wray revealing new details of 2016 Trump Tower briefing on Steele Dossier.
May 11, 2018: Johnson letter to FBI Director Wray regarding heavily redacted documents, and who at the FBI is redacting documents produced to congress.
March 1, 2018: Johnson letter to Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein regarding the Anthony Weiner laptop.
January 31, 2018: Johnson letter to Deputy AG Rosenstein expanding investigation, seeking communications referring or relating to the Mid-Year Exam.
January 25, 2018: Letter to Sens. Johnson and Grassley from the DOJ IG regarding the recovery of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page from Dec. 14, 2016 – May 17, 2017.
January 23, 2018: Sens. Johnson and Grassley letter to DOJ IG regarding the extent to which the DOJ IG has Peter Strzok’s and Lisa Page’s communications.
January 20, 2018: Johnson letter to FBI Director Wray regarding the loss of the Strzok/Page text messages.
December 14, 2017: Johnson letter to FBI Director Wray regarding Director Comey’s draft speech regarding the Clinton Case. The DRAFT speech can be found here.
December 13, 2017: Johnson letter to FBI Director Wray regarding OSC Hatch Act Investigation of former Director Comey.
December 6, 2017: Sens. Johnson and Grassley letter to DOJ IG regarding the discovery of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
December 6, 2017: Johnson letter to Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein regarding the discovering of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
September 8, 2017: Johnson letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel Acting Special Counsel Adam Miles regarding the Comey Hatch Act investigation.
November 7, 2016: Johnson letter to FBI Director Comey requesting detailed information about the scope, nature and process of the FBI’s investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
October 28, 2016: Johnson letter to FBI Director Comey about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email system.
September 9, 2016: Sen. Johnson, Rep. Lamar Smith letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch regarding the FBI’s release of information regarding its interview of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
July 12, 2016: Sen. Johnson, Rep. Smith letters to SECNAP, Platte River and Datto.
July 11, 2016: Johnson letters to State Department IG, Secretary of State Kerry, Director of National Intelligence Clapper, and Intelligence Committee IG, Department of Justice regarding the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server.
July 5, 2016: Johnson letter to FBI Director Comey regarding resources used during the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server.
March 3, 3016: Johnson, Grassley letter to DOJ Attorney General Lynch regarding Bryan Pagliano immunity agreement.
December 7, 2015: Johnson, Grassley letter to Justin Cooper to request an interview.
October 5, 2015: Johnson letter to Datto regarding Clinton private server backup data, including the security and preservation of Secretary Clinton’s official records.
October 5, 2015: Johnson letter to SECNAP regarding cyberattacks on Secretary Clinton’s private server.
September 22, 2015: Johnson letter to State Department Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy regarding preservation of records of Secretary Clinton’s server.
September 14, 2015: Johnson, Grassley write letter to DOJ Attorney General Lynch regarding Bryan Pagliano immunity.
September 4, 2015: Johnson, Grassley write letter to Bryan Pagliano requesting an interview.
August 17, 2015: Johnson letter to FBI Director Comey regarding the FBI’s awareness of the existence of classified information on Secretary Clinton’s private server.
August 11, 2015: Johnson letter to Platte River Networks requesting documents and communications related to their work on Secretary Clinton’s private server.
July 29, 2015: Johnson letter to David Kendall, Secretary Clinton’s attorney, requesting information on 30,000 emails he possessed.
March 18, 2015: Johnson letter to State Department Inspector General requesting the IG initiate an investigation of Secretary Clinton’s exclusive use of a non-State Department email.
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