Yes, the DOJ Recommendation on Hillary's Email Was Unanimous

Trump says Comey lied about the decision not to press charges against Hillary Clinton. Specifically, Trump claims Comey lied about the decision being "unanimous."



The fact of the matter is the Inspector General's Office of the Department of Justice investigated the question and concluded indeed the recommendation  WAS unanimous.



"According to [Deputy Assistant Attorney General] Toscas’s handwritten talking points, he stated, “[A]t the conclusion of the meeting you will have the unanimous recommendation of the FBI [and] DOJ team that this investigation should be closed [and] that charges should not be brought against anybody within the scope of the investigation in this matter.”  "A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election"  - Office of Inspector General - US Department of Justice; pg 258)



But did the DOJ reach this decision based on facts and law? According to the IG Report, it did.



"We found no evidence that the conclusions by Department prosecutors
were affected by bias or other improper considerations; rather, we
concluded that they were based on the prosecutors’ assessment of the
facts, the law, and past Department practice." -   (pg 263)



https://www.justice.gov/file/1071991/download

Mueller's Mandate

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download

Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Washington, DC 20530

ORDER NO. 3915-2017

APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE WITH THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND RELATED MATTERS

By virtue of the authority vested in me as Acting Attorney General, including 28 U.S.C. §§ 509, 510, and 515, in order to discharge my responsibility to provide supervision and management of the Department of Justice, and to ensure a full and thorough investigation of the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, I hereby order as follows:

(a) Robert S. Mueller III is appointed to serve as Special Counsel for the United States
Department of Justice.

(b) The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James 8. Corney in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including:

(i) any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals
associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and

(ii) any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation; and

(iii) any other matters within the scope of 28 C.F.R. § 600.4(a).

(c) If the Special Counsel believes it is necessary and appropriate, the Special Counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters.

(d) Sections 600.4 through 600. l 0 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations are applicable to the Special Counsel.

Date 5/17/17                            Rod Rosenstein       Acting Attorney General

[See CFR below; the text below was not a part of the original document.]


§ 600.4 Jurisdiction.
(a)Original jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a Special Counsel shall be established by the Attorney General. The Special Counsel will be provided with a specific factual statement of the matter to be investigated. The jurisdiction of a Special Counsel shall also include the authority to investigate and prosecute federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with, the Special Counsel's investigation, such as perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, and intimidation of witnesses; and to conduct appeals arising out of the matter being investigated and/or prosecuted.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.4

DOJ OIG Review

Here's Pale's lie:



8903   PM:   Palerider   [Quote]     -- 10:11am -- Thu, Mar 29, 18 pst

Palerider

IG officially investigating FISA abuses by DoJ and FBI



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The OIG announced a ''review.''



So Pale changed the word ''review'' to ''investigating.''



The OIG made NO MENTION of ''abuse.''



So Pale ADDED the word ''abuse.''



The OIG announcement made no mention of the acronym, ''FISA.''



So Pale ADDED the acronym ''FISA.''



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 Here is the truth:



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 28, 2018



DOJ OIG Announces Initiation of Review



Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today that, in response to requests from the Attorney General  and Members of Congress, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will initiate a review that will examine the Justice Department’s and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) compliance with legal requirements, and with applicable DOJ and FBI policies and procedures, in applications filed with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court  (FISC) relating to a certain U.S. person.  As part of this examination, the OIG also will review information that was known to the DOJ and the FBI at the time the applications were filed from or about an alleged FBI confidential source . Additionally,  the OIG will review the DOJ’s  and FBI’s relationship and communications with the alleged  source as they relate to the FISC  applications.



If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider including other issues that may arise

during the course of the review.



https://oig.justice.gov/press/2018/2018-03-28b.pdf