The Scope of the Inspector General Report and the Inevitable March Towards a Special Counsel to Investigate the Department of Justice

1) The Scope of the Inspector General Report and the Inevitable March Towards a Special Counsel to Investigate the Department of Justice. 

2) On January 12th, 2017 Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced his investigation and identified the initial scope of his investigation.

3) The Impetus "in response to requests from numerous Chairmen and Ranking Members of Congressional oversight committees, various organizations, and members of the public"

4) The primary sources are the oversight committees and we are going to focus on them due to the public availability of documentation.

5) Keep in mind that "various organizations" INDICATES organizations such as Judicial Watch, the ACLJ, and other organizations whose IG requests have not been made public. Also keep in mind that "members of the public" are the ever important and confidential whistle blowers.

6) What we are going to do in this thread is match up source documents from the oversight committees to the IG Report. I will demonstrate that they are the main thrust of the investigation, and that the expanse of the investigation has expanded since the initial announcement.

7) What we will not be able to do is identify what the IG is investigating due to "other organizations" and "members of the public". We are going to explore "other issues that have arisen" that we have evidence of.

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