The Justice Department's inspector general announced Thursday he will launch an investigation into actions by the department and the FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether FBI Director James Comey properly followed department policies, The Associated Press reported. Democrats have blamed Comey's handling of an investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and his late-October release of a letter about the case as among the reasons for her loss to Republican Donald Trump. Inspector General Michael Horowitz said the investigation would look at whether department or FBI policies were followed in relation to Comey's actions in the case. The...