The Shocking History of Sexual Misconduct in Comey’s FBI….
Agents and officials engaged in a variety of improper relationships and harassment throughout the bureau…
Peter Strzok & Lisa Page/PHOTOS: Justice Dept. & Ohio State U.
(Daily Caller News Foundation) The Department of Justice inspector general sanctioned at least 14 FBI agents and officials for a range of improper sexual acts since 2014, and most of the misconduct occurred during former FBI Director James Comey’s term, The Daily Caller News Foundation has determined.
The public got a glimpse into the bureau’s sexual mischief when it was disclosed high-profile FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok were cheating on their spouses.
Special counsel Robert Mueller dumped Page from his investigation on Russian collusion and later removed Strzok after he learned of their relationship.
But it turns out sexual misconduct within the bureau went much further than cheating spouses.
According to the Justice Department Inspector General’s enforcement summaries, which TheDCNF reviewed, FBI agents and officials engaged in a variety of improper sexual relationships and harassment throughout the bureau.
Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz published at least 14 instances of improper sexual conduct.
The latest incident was reported only last week.
The acts entail inappropriate romantic relationships with a subordinate, outright sexual harassment, favoritism or promotion based on demands for sex, and retaliation against women who rebuffed male employee’s advances.
James Comey/IMAGE: YouTube
Importantly, Horowitz reported Comey attempted to thwart the investigation, as he sought to examine the bureau’s recent history of sexual harassment and misconduct charges.
As Horowitz explained in his March 2015 final report on how law enforcement agencies handle sexual-misconduct complaints, his office’s ability “to conduct this review was significantly impacted and delayed by the repeated difficulties we had in obtaining relevant information from both the FBI and DEA as we were initiating this review in mid-2013.”
Horowitz said the FBI and DEA initially refused to provide his office “with unredacted information that was responsive to our requests.”
After months of protracted discussions with the FBI, the bureau “found that the information was still incomplete.”
Congress denounced Comey’s refusal to open the FBI’s record and eventually led to the passage of the Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016, which requires all federal departments and agencies to share all records with the IG.
It became law on Dec. 16, 2016.
Horowitz told The Washington Post in December 2017 some perpetrators within federal, law enforcement agencies received light punishment for their sexual misconduct.
The summary of incidents, listed below, confirms Horowitz’s findings.
Loretta Lynch/IMAGE: Harvard U. via YouTube
Comey and Obama-era Attorney General Loretta Lynch together fought Horowitz’s determination to fully investigate the bureau’s handling of of sexual misconduct charges.
Lynch supported Comey’s defiance of the IG via a July 20, 2015, memo from DOJ Office of Legal Counsel principal-deputy AG Karl Thompson.
Thompson charged law enforcement agencies could redact information in its files and withhold information from the Inspector General.
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