John Durham started his investigation some time ago regarding Trump and any Russian collusion ties. That investigation maybe coming to a close soon according to Attorney General Merrick Garland. John Solomon of Just The News believes the special counsel is going after the FBI. Solomon spoke with Durham and believes there are two ongoing projects. Democrats though will make sure none of it goes far.
Durham has been quietly hunting
The Daily Wire noted,
“The rare update on Durham’s inquiry into potential misconduct in the Trump-Russia probe came during testimony before a Senate committee. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) asked Garland about why former Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann, who was found not guilty of lying to the FBI in a blow to Durham’s investigation, apparently had a badge to get into the bureau’s headquarters in the run-up to the 2016 election.”
What is an attorney doing with a badge to get into the FBI headquarters? Garland responded,
“On the particular question about Sussman, I think we’re going to have to wait until Mr. Durham finishes his report, which should be relatively soon. I certainly don’t in any way want to interfere with him. And he’s the one who would know the answer to that. On the more general question, I can certainly ask my team to look into how lawyers have special badges.”
Solomon spoke with the special counsel
There’s two projects or “buckets”. The first is the last two indictments on Hillary Clinton officials and their plan to feed false information to the FBI about Trump/Russia. The second is whether FBI agents mislead the FISA court to get documents to spy on Trump.
Solomon said Durham went back to 2016, “But Durham developed really significant evidence that red flags, the stop-now warning signs go all the way back to August when Bruce Orr, in 2016 came to the FBI and said Christopher Steele is dumping a dossier. He hates Trump. He’s hired by Hillary Clinton and most of his information is raw and uncorroborated.”
Democrats won’t let this go anywhere
Matthew Miller, who was the director of the Dept. of Justice’s public affairs office said Garland should review the report before it’s released to the public,
“His cases are over. I think it’s clear that he’s not going to bring any more charges in this investigation, but one of the requirements for special counsels under the regulations is that they write a confidential report and submit it to the attorney general, and the attorney general then makes a decision whether to release that report to the public. I think Merrick Garland will be under a lot of pressure from Republicans to release that report, but I have to say, this circumstance is very different from the Mueller investigation, where, obviously, the attorney general, Bill Barr, did release that report. But it does not have to be the last word. Lots of times in the past — there’s ample precedent for this — when reports like this have been written by the Justice Department, the leadership decides whether that actually reflects their view. John Durham does not get to be the final arbiter of what the Justice Department believes, so it would be appropriate for Merrick Garland to either review it and come up with his conclusions or, maybe more appropriately, refer it to the senior career official.”
