Michael E. Horowitz

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Michael E. Horowitz
File:Michael E. Horowitz official photo.jpg
Inspector General of the Department of Justice
Assumed office
April 16, 2012
President Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded by Glenn A. Fine
Personal details
Education Brandeis University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Michael E. Horowitz is an American lawyer and government official. He serves as the Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice.

Education

Horowitz earned a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Brandeis University and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.

Career

Following law school he served as a law clerk for Judge John G. Davies of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He then worked as an associate at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton. From 1991 to 1999 he was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. From 1999 to 2002 he worked at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington D.C., first as a deputy assistant attorney general, then as chief of staff. In 2002 he returned to private practice as a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he focused on white collar defense, internal investigations, and regulatory compliance. During this time he also served as a commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission—a position for which he was confirmed by the Senate in 2003.[1]

Inspector General for the Department of Justice

Horowitz was sworn in as the Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice on April 16, 2012.[2] Since 2015, he has also served as the chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an organization consisting of all 73 federal Inspectors General.[1]

Notable investigations

Horowitz announced in January 2017 that the Inspector General's office would examine evidence related to "allegations of misconduct" regarding FBI Director James B. Comey's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email practices and whether Justice Department employees leaked information improperly during the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election.[3] In June 2018, Horowitz released his report, concluding that Peter Strzok and other FBI employees "brought discredit to themselves" and to the agency. He found that Comey indulged in ad hoc decision-making and did not follow FBI procedures, but that he was not motivated by any political bias.[4]

Another investigation into the FBI and Justice Department was launched by Horowitz in March 2018. This investigation targeted the FBI and Justice Department's filing of four FISA applications and renewals to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and whether or not there was an abuse of this FISA process. As of November 2019 the report has not yet been released. On November 18, Senator Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced that Horowitz would testify before the committee on December 11 regarding the investigation and provide recommendations on how judicial and investigative systems could be improved.[5]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ About the DOJ OIG, About The Office
  3. ↑ Matt Zapotosky; Sari Horwitz. Justice Department inspector general to investigate pre-election actions by department and FBI. Washington Post, January 12, 2017.
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