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So while the FBI rushed to clear Hillary in the email scandal before her July nomination, Yates and Axelrod then sought to tamp down the ongoing [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation before the November election.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 348-349.</ref>

So while the FBI rushed to clear Hillary in the email scandal before her July nomination, Yates and Axelrod then sought to tamp down the ongoing [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation before the November election.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 348-349.</ref>

The OIG report is replete with denials by Yates and Axelrod of interference by political appointees, and self serving statements limiting their involvement to offering  the FBI adaquate "resources" and "everything they need" -- "resources" and "everything they need" meaning more people involved in the case.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 50-51, 53.</ref> They had already taken the investigation away from the New York DOJ and FBI offices, where the crime was committed, and given it to the DOJ National Security Division and Washington FBI field office so as  to purposely limit the number people with knowledge and direct involvement in the case.  

The OIG report is replete with denials by Yates and Axelrod of interference by political appointees, and self-serving statements limiting their involvement to offering  the FBI adequate "resources" and "everything they need" -- "resources" and "everything they need" meaning more people involved in the case.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 50-51, 53.</ref> They had already taken the investigation away from the New York DOJ and FBI offices, where the crime was committed, and given it to the DOJ National Security Division and Washington FBI field office so as  to purposely limit the number people with knowledge and direct involvement in the case.  

The DOJ's decision to share blame with the FBI for bad decisions in the Hillary Clinton "matter" appears to have been pushed by Axelrod and a few others.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 64, 169-170, 176-177, 184-185, 215-217.</ref> Comey's self-righteous ego lent him to manipulation. Eventually his penchant for upstaging his bosses led him, twice, to make himself the perfect fall guy for DOJ leadership.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 223-230, 369, 376-377.</ref> Comey justified playing hero and martyr with pathetic pronouncements about preserving the integrity of institutions which had delivered a predetermined outcome of the "matter" in July,<ref>Horowitz Report, p. 172.</ref> and in October failed to investigate the Weiner laptop at all,<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 304-305 fn 171.</ref> after supposedly re-opening the "matter" to review and clear 600,000 Clinton emails of classified information in six days.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 355-364, 392-393.</ref>

The DOJ's decision to share blame with the FBI for bad decisions in the Hillary Clinton "matter" appears to have been pushed by Axelrod and a few others.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 64, 169-170, 176-177, 184-185, 215-217.</ref> Comey's self-righteous ego lent him to manipulation. Eventually his penchant for upstaging his bosses led him, twice, to make himself the perfect fall guy for DOJ leadership.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 223-230, 369, 376-377.</ref> Comey justified playing hero and martyr with pathetic pronouncements about preserving the integrity of institutions which had delivered a predetermined outcome of the "matter" in July,<ref>Horowitz Report, p. 172.</ref> and in October failed to investigate the Weiner laptop at all,<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 304-305 fn 171.</ref> after supposedly re-opening the "matter" to review and clear 600,000 Clinton emails of classified information in six days.<ref>Horowitz Report, pp. 355-364, 392-393.</ref>