Trump," per the appointment order. The ensuing investigation "was broad and extensive," according to Durham's new report.
According to Trump and his allies, Durham was hot on the trail of the "crime of the century" (as Trump told Fox News last year) and would reveal a massive conspiracy between the FBI and Hillary Clinton's campaign.ĭurham was officially " authorized to investigate whether any federal official, employee, or any other person or entity violated the law in connection with the intelligence, counter-intelligence, or law-enforcement activities directed at the 2016 presidential campaigns, individuals associated with those campaigns, and individuals associated with the administration of President Donald J. However, Durham's lengthy and expensive investigation was also misguided. And certainly, the hype over Trump-Russia collusion was misguided, as were a lot of government antics surrounding it. political campaign and a foreign power," concluded Durham in his 316-page report, which was released Monday.įor libertarians, there's something psychically satisfying about seeing anyone in power criticize the FBI. Ultimately, the FBI failed to act with " appropriate objectivity or restraint in pursuing allegations of collusion or conspiracy between a U.S.
The FBI's investigation was hastily opened " based on raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence" and " senior FBI personnel displayed a serious lack of analytical rigor towards the information that they received, especially information received from politically affiliated persons and entities," wrote Durham in a report on the investigation he was appointed by former Attorney General William Barr to lead. The FBI should never have launched its probe into possible collusion between former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia, according to Special Counsel John Durham.
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