10 things you need to know today: June 15, 2018

The DOJ's watchdog says Comey was "insubordinate," New York's attorney general says Trump misused his charity, and more

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1. DOJ watchdog says Comey 'dramatically' deviated from FBI protocol

The Justice Department inspector general, Michael Horowitz, released a report on Thursday saying former FBI Director James Comey "dramatically" deviated from agency protocol in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Horowitz said Comey's decision to make major announcements on the status of the investigation without notifying the Justice Department was "extraordinary and insubordinate," but that there was no evidence that he acted out of political bias. The 500-page report also said there was no evidence to support claims by Trump and his allies that the investigation was rigged to help clear Clinton, although some officials showed anti-Trump bias.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.