Category: Durham Report

Special Counsel Durham Defends FBI, DOJ Amid Defunding Push

Special Counsel John Durham defended the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) amid a push by some Republicans to defund or limit funding for those agencies in response to their alleged “weaponization.” Durham appeared before Congress on June 21 to testify about the results of his report on the investigation into…


Durham: Rules Should Change so Heads Could Roll at FBI

The Department of Justice (DOJ) rules should change so that FBI agents lose their jobs when they lie to misuse the government’s spying powers in sensitive investigations, Special Counsel John Durham suggested to Congress. Durham, who recently released a report on his review of the FBI’s handling of the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation, acknowledged that he…


Special Counsel Durham Says He Investigated Tip Reportedly Connected to Trump

Two top U.S. officials traveled to Italy to look into a tip regarding former President Donald Trump, special counsel John Durham said on June 21. “You and Attorney General [William] Barr went to Italy to take a look at some allegation … and Italian officials gave you evidence that they said linked Donald Trump to…


Durham: FBI Should Not Have Launched Full Investigation Into Trump Campaign

The FBI should not have launched a full investigation into then-candidate Donald Trump’s campaign based on unverified intelligence, special counsel John Durham said on June 21. Within three days of receiving word from Australian officials in July 2016 that Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos said Trump’s team had received a suggestion from Russia that it…


Special Counsel John Durham Set to Testify to Congress—What to Expect From the Hearing

After four years of working out of the public eye, special counsel John Durham will testify to the House Judiciary Committee on the morning of June 21 about the findings of his bombshell report. Republicans applauded the report, released to the public on May 15, as a vindication of former President Donald Trump’s claim that…


Special Counsel John Durham Testifies to Congress—What to Expect From the Hearing

After four years of working out of the public eye, special counsel John Durham arrived to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the morning of June 21 about the findings of his long-anticipated report. Republicans applauded the report, released to the public on May 15, as a vindication of former President Donald Trump’s claim…


Former National Security Officials Urge Congress to Investigate FBI’s Security Clearances After Durham Report Findings

A group of former national security officials is calling on Congress to investigate the FBI’s handling of security clearances after special counsel John Durham concluded that the bureau behaved recklessly in its handling of a 2016 investigation of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Former national security adviser Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, former Secretary of Veteran Affairs…


The Wrong Indictments

Commentary The planned indictment of President Donald Trump for “mishandling national secrets” is the natural next phase of the leftwing establishment’s arrogance and corruption. The left has been desperately trying to stop Trump since he announced his candidacy in 2015 (recall the made-up Trump Tower-Moscow scandal, the phony Russia-Trump collusion scandal, the made-for-TV impeachment effort,…


Russiagate: The Scandal That Became Business as Usual

Commentary Special Counsel John Durham may have issued his final report last month, but the Russiagate scandal is far from over. This is not because there is no more to learn about the years-long effort by the Democratic Party, the FBI, CIA, and major news outlets to advance the conspiracy theory that Donald Trump teamed…


Russiagate Prober Durham Neglected DNC Hack Claim, Despite Evidence It Too Was a Democrat Sham

News Analysis Special Counsel John Durham’s final report faults the FBI for opening the Trump-Russia collusion investigation on baseless grounds and relying on Hillary Clinton-funded material to pursue it, all while ignoring a warning that Clinton was plotting to frame Trump as a Russian asset. Yet Durham does not address the Clinton campaign’s equally central…