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    Trump Misleads on IG Report

    by Lori Robertson Jun 18, 2018 6 minutes

    President Donald Trump said he thinks former FBI Director James Comey committed “very criminal acts.” But the facts don’t support the president’s opinion.

    The Justice Department inspector general’s report released June 14 doesn’t make such a charge. It says Comey was “insubordinate” and defied internal policy.

    Trump also made two inaccurate claims concerning special counsel Robert S. Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether there was coordination with the Trump campaign.

    The president claimed the inspector general’s report “totally exonerates” him, but the report didn’t make any determination about the findings of the Mueller investigation.

    Trump also claimed Mueller’s team has “no Republicans,” when the party affiliation of four team members is unknown and Mueller himself was described as a registered Republican when he was appointed FBI director in 2001 by a Republican president.

    No Evidence of ‘Criminal’ Acts

    The president made his claims on June 15 in remarks to a group of

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