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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Subscribe: Get the Daily Update in your inbox for free 1/ The Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation. Horowitz reaffirmed that the investigation was adequately justified despite "several errors," which FBI Director Christopher Wray has promised to address. Horowitz also said he met with Attorney General William Barr's handpicked prosecutor, U.S. Attorney John Durham, last month seeking information related to the opening of the Trump-Russia probe and the surveillance warrants the FBI obtained and renewed on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Horowitz said Durham's information failed to convince him that the FBI's 2016 investigation into Trump's campaign was improperly opened. When the report was released, however, Durham issued a public statement saying he didn't agree with Horowitz's conclusion. Barr also said he disagreed with Horowitz's conclusion and accused the FBI of having acted in "bad faith" by pursuing the case. The 434-page report concluded that while there were "serious performance failures," the FBI had adequate cause to launch the investigation and was not motivated by political bias. (Washington Post / New York Times / NBC News / Politico / ABC News) TAKEAWAYS: The Michael Horowitz hearing. (Washington Post) READ: Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz's Senate testimony. (CNN) 2/ Trump called the FBI "scum" at a rally in Pennsylvania, referring to members of the FBI who were involved in the investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump also reiterated his claim that the investigation into his campaign was launched by biased individuals within the intelligence community who were intent on undermining his presidency — a theory that was debunked by the report from the Trump-appointed DOJ inspector general. (MSNBC / NBC News / Vox / Daily Beast / Mediaite / Haaretz / Business Insider) 3/ The Justice Department inspector general confirmed that he's still investigating possible illegal leaks by the FBI to Rudy Giuliani in 2016. Days before then-FBI Director James Comey announced he was reopening the criminal probe into Hillary Clinton's email server, Giuliani claimed he heard about some "pretty big surp... Visit WTF Just Happened Today? for more news and headlines, brought to you by Matt Kiser. The WTFJHT Podcast is narrated and produced by Joe Amditis. ...

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