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*Comey and other FBI witnesses told the IG that prosecutors were overly cautious because they were intimidated by high-powered defense attorneys. Comey said there was a lack of aggressiveness that wasn’t politically motivated, it was "just the normal cowardice."
 
*Comey and other FBI witnesses told the IG that prosecutors were overly cautious because they were intimidated by high-powered defense attorneys. Comey said there was a lack of aggressiveness that wasn’t politically motivated, it was "just the normal cowardice."
 
*DOJ prosecutors determined to rely on [[consent agreement]]s to gather evidence, rather than search warrants and subpeaonas which the FBI preferred. Even Peter Strzok said he was “aggravated by the limitations” that the prosecutors were placing on the FBI’s ability to obtain evidence.
 
*DOJ prosecutors determined to rely on [[consent agreement]]s to gather evidence, rather than search warrants and subpeaonas which the FBI preferred. Even Peter Strzok said he was “aggravated by the limitations” that the prosecutors were placing on the FBI’s ability to obtain evidence.
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*The FBI's internal Inspection Division (INSD) File Review team found that the FBI conducted a thorough investigation within the constraints imposed by DOJ, but the structure of the investigation and prosecution team hindered the ability of the investigative team
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to obtain full, accurate and timely information. The IG commented, "it would have been better to run the Midyear investigation as a traditional criminal investigation out of a Criminal Investigative Division (CID) field office, rather than as a counterintelligence investigation out of [the Criminal Division]."
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