WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog was caught in a political tug of war on Dec. 11 as Republican and Democratic senators used his report on the origins of Russia investigation to back their views that it was an important and legitimate probe or a badly bungled farce.
Associated Press: Watchdog caught in political crossfire on his Russia report
A copy of a report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) investigated by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz sits on a Senator's desk as Horowitz testifies about the report during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Dec. 11, 2019.
