{"id":1902183,"date":"2023-03-21T14:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-watchdog-threatened-obstruction-of-justice-investigation-against-obama-era-fbi\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:31:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:31:44","slug":"doj-watchdog-threatened-obstruction-of-justice-investigation-against-obama-era-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-watchdog-threatened-obstruction-of-justice-investigation-against-obama-era-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ watchdog threatened obstruction of justice investigation against Obama-era FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-watchdog-threatened-obstruction-of-justice-investigation-against-obama-era-fbi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1902183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78917034\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Hunter Biden laptop letter signers will \u2018fully cooperate\u2019 with GOP investigation, lawyer says\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The lawyer representing ex-intelligence officials who signed the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter in October 2020 baselessly claiming Russian involvement says his clients will \u201cfully cooperate\u201d with the GOP investigation. 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Former FBI general counsel Jim Baker testified in March in an unsuccessful wrongful termination lawsuit filed against him and the bureau that DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz threatened to open an obstruction of justice investigation against a senior FBI lawyer. This was due to disagreements between the Obama DOJ and the FBI over access to files. <\/p>\n<p>The disagreement was related to the DOJ claiming in 2015 that it could withhold key information from the watchdog. However, Congress soon passed a law giving the inspector general greater powers to obtain information from the FBI and the DOJ. &#8220;I strongly disagree with the OLC opinion,&#8221; Horowitz had said at the time. After a bipartisan push from Congress, President Barack Obama signed the Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016, which gave more power to the inspector general. <\/p>\n<p>Horowitz, who conducted investigations into the FBI&#8217;s handling of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s use of a private email server and the Trump-Russia investigation, declined to comment on the claim he threatened to open an investigation into a senior lawyer during the feud. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">\n                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"442\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"442\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"372\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"372\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"611\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"611\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                        Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified Wednesday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on his findings.<br \/>\n                    <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                        Graeme Jennings \/ <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Horowitz went on to conduct investigations into the FBI\u2019s handling of two major inquiries, but concluded that there was a proper basis for opening the investigation and that it was free of political bias. However, the report identified problems that are \u201cunacceptable and unrepresentative of who we are as an institution,\u201d FBI Director Christopher Wray said after its release.<\/p>\n<p>Baker also testified this month that his predecessor as the FBI&#8217;s top lawyer, Andrew Weissmann, was the source of &#8220;negativity&#8221; and a culture of mistrust at the FBI when he took over.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New details on a fight and subsequent standoff inside the Obama-era FBI have come to light after new testimony from a top official. 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