Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday on his report about the FBI's investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign ties to Russia.
The Inspector General's review found that the FBI investigation into whether staff for"the Donald J. Trump for President Campaign were coordinating, wittingly or unwittingly, with the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election" had been unbiased, but did report"serious performance failures by the supervisory and non-supervisory agents with responsibility over the FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court] applications.
According to the Justice Department website, Horowitz holds degrees from Brandeis University and Harvard Law School. After graduating from Harvard, he served as a law clerk for Judge John G. Davies in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He later worked as an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton law firm.
Horowitz served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1991 to 1999. In 1995, he received the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service for investigating police corruption. In 1999, he moved to the Department of Justice's Criminal Division in Washington D.C. He served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, then Chief of Staff.
From 2002 to 2012, he was a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft LLP, focusing on white collar defense, internal investigations, and regulatory compliance, before being appointed Inspector General in 2012. Justice Dept. Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz testifies to the house committee on June 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. The report focuses on the Justice Department's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email's in 2016.Since being appointed Inspector General for the Department of Justice in 2012, Horowitz has not shied away from reviewing of investigations.
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