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Trouble viewing? [Click here.]( Daily Debunker 16 June 2018 Nearly two years after the fact, the 2016 U.S. presidential election continues to be contested in a war of words played out in the press, with the latest round spurred by the release of a report from the Justice Department inspector general about the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. President Donald Trump, the winner of that election, holds that a politically tainted bureau tried to undermine his campaign, as proved by anti-Trump messages exchanged by a senior F.B.I. agent and four other bureau officials. On the other hand, Trump’s critics noted that the report concluded no FBI investigative decisions had been made out of political bias, and that it sharply criticized actions of then-director James Comey’s actions that damaged Hillary Clinton’s chances during the campaign. President Donald Trump [claims]( that a politically tainted bureau tried to undermine his campaign and, through the Russia investigation, his presidency. As the FBI investigated [both candidates]( running for president in 2016, two FBI employees exchanged thousands of personal texts and messages that included a running political commentary. The inspector general’s report spans several hundred pages, which only a handful of commenters are likely to read in its entirety. This report, and the selected excerpts pulled from it (often without full context), are expected take up much of the political news sphere in the coming day. It’s sure to provide ample ammunition for both partisans and purveyors of misinformation looking to capitalize on the complexity of the lengthy report and the intense public interest in it, despite the best efforts of judicious reporters. You can download the report [here](. 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