Briefly Noted: OIG Delay Is Good News
We noted previously that Joe diGenova had stated that the reason for the delay in OIG's release of its reporting was caused by the alarm among witnesses/targets by John Durham's aggressive investigation. The alarm was causing these persons to flock back to OIG to "get their stories straight."
Last night Catherine Herridge on Fox confirmed that this is indeed the reason for the delay, but she also pinpointed a specific reason for the alarm: the decision of Christopher Steele to cooperate with US authorities. This, Herridge reports, is the reason these witnesses are now seeking to "deconflict" their previous testimony.
The deconfliction process itself takes some time, but beyond that there is a further reason for the reporting delay. The deconfliction may have opened up new avenues for productive inquiry.