The DOJ did not choose whom to investigate based on probable cause. Instead, it went spying to see what it could find.
A new report shows the creepy tactics the Department of Justice (DOJ) employed to secretly spy on certain members of Congress, media personnel, and congressional staffers who were investigating the DOJ.
The DOJ conducted four criminal investigations between 2017 and 2020 into unauthorized disclosure of classified information. The DOJ launched these investigations “while House and Senate oversight committees were investigating the Department of Justice and the FBI for their role in the Russia-collusion hoax,” as Margot Cleveland reported for The Federalist.
Despite unprecedented and indefensibly invasive investigations, the DOJ “did not charge anyone in these investigations with unauthorized disclosure of classified information,” according to a DOJ Office of Inspector General report. All four investigations are now closed.
The report, titled “A Review of the Department of Justice’s Issuance of Compulsory Process to Obtain Records of Members of Congress, Congressional Staffers, and Members of the News Media,” was released on Tuesday. […]
— Read More: thefederalist.com
