The Justice Department IG has released a blistering report about James Comey’s time as head of the FBI, concluding that his actions “violated department and FBI policies”:

JUST OUT: The DOJ's Inspector General report on @Comey's handling of "sensitive investigative" information. DOJ declined prosecution, as has been reported, but faults Comey for disseminating his memos about his interactions with Trump in 2017. https://t.co/c7XCUwJMJB — Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 29, 2019

The Washington Post’s “conservative blogger” Jennifer Rubin was among media types starting to circle the wagons around Comey:

This is an odd framing. The IG exonerated Comey, meaning Trump's allegation total BS — Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 29, 2019

And you’ll never guess who Rubin believes is the real culprit in the IG’s report that was highly critical of Comey. Or maybe you will:

? I'm not framing, I'm reporting what it says. DOJ IG concluded that he violated certain FBI policies, but did not release any classified information to the media, and declined to prosecute. — Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 29, 2019

What I am saying is that the IG framed this in a way to exonerate the pres but the media shouldn't simply follow that since the BIG issue is Trump once more lied about illegality — Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 29, 2019

You know, we’re starting to think that every report that shows wrongdoing by somebody from the intel community who’s anti-Trump is not only going to get a pass, but be used somehow as proof that Trump is to blame.

No–the BIG issue is that we had an FBI director that acted unconscionably—as the report shows. — AtticusLee (@AtticusLee6) August 29, 2019

But it’s Trump’s fault, or something.