Horowitz is a political appointee and the AG has the right to shut down any investigation.

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Not sure the investigation will go forward. Panel discussion just on on Wolf. Cnn

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1. Horowitz could be fired on Jan 20 per panel

on cnn. jeeZZZZZZZZZZZZZzz

[Hoyt]

2. Do it and force the Deliverance Banjo Guy to stop the investigation if he can get away with it. n/t

[Gothmog]

3. This may not be accurate

I saw this on the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/01/12/there-will-be-an-investigation-of-james-comeys-conduct-we-might-get-some-accountability-after-all/?utm_term=.25630ca46fd1

UPDATE: Amy Jeffress, a former senior Justice Department official and currently an attorney at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, emails more detail on whether this probe could be closed down under Trump:

The Inspector General Act authorizes the Attorney General to interfere with an IG investigation under certain exceptional circumstances, one of which relates to intelligence matters, which arguably could apply here. But the Attorney General would have to find that action is “necessary to prevent the significant impairment to the national interests of the United States” (and there are congressional notification requirements as well). I can’t think of any precedent for taking this step, and politically it would be hugely controversial, and therefore unlikely.

It may be harder that we think for Trump to block this investigation

BTW Comey is pond scum

[FarCenter]

4. The scope of the investigation includes whether Comey followed policy in not prosecuting Clinton

So the emphasis of the investigation could certainly change.