President Trump - who has frequently belittled Comey on Twitter and has sought to use Comey's actions as evidence that Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference is a 'witch hunt' targeting Trump and his inner circle for political reasons - is likely to point to the IG's findings and mount more criticism of the department, the FBI and the Mueller probe.ĭemocrats are likely to be parsing the IG report too, as many, including Clinton herself, have blamed her loss to Trump at least partially on Comey's decision to announce the reopening of the email server probe less than two weeks before Election Day in 2016. Thursday, the Justice Department's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is expected to release his report regarding his investigation into Comey's handling of the 2016 Hillary Clinton email probe. Two months after a book tour that saw his face plastered on network television, former FBI Director James Comey will be in the spotlight again with significantly less control of the narrative. Comey was fired May 9 after more than a year of controversy surrounding the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server.
Then-FBI Director James Comey testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 3.
