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The Russia Investigations: What The Justice IG Report Revealed

The Justice Department watchdog's long-awaited asteroid finally struck. Some big questions were answered but many others remain.
The FBI headquarters is seen on February 2, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

This week in the Russia investigations: A Justice Department report impacts Washington like a meteor; the inspector general confirms the presence of likely fraudulent intelligence; key special agent's words could be a political gift to Trump.

Aftermath

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has painted his masterpiece.

His report about the 2016 investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server is the Ulysses of government reports — a universe in microcosm, a bottomless trove, a palimpsest that will be studied for generations ... or at least until the next big flap blows up on TV.

Even though Horowitz didn't focus on the department's Russia investigation, he did address it at length because of the role it played as a subplot to the main

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