Sen. Grassley Releases "Annex A" from the Horowitz Report

Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson have continued to press the Department of Justice to release sections of the investigative report of their Inspector General, Michael Horowitz. The latest is the previously suppressed “Annex A.” This annex is the result of the sausage-making that went into the infamous 1/6/2017 “Intelligence Community Assessment” of Russian meddling. Evidently James Comey, proud of his “Operation Hurricane” operation, had pushed John Brennan and James Clapper on including the Steele dossier. As a result, an “Annex A” was created by the others as a disclaimer. Later, the Horowitz report quoted from Annex A’s disclaimer, that there was “only limited corroboration of [Steele]'s reporting” and that Steele had been “unable to vouch for ... [its] sourcing and accuracy.” It is that two-page Annex A that has now been released.