Former Special Counsel John Durham Expected To Expose FBI And Justice Department's In Explosive Testimony

Durham's report lent weight to Republican complaints that the government abused the public trust by rushing to investigate then-President Donald Trump. Durham found that the Justice Department and the FBI "failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law" by launching the probe.

Durham was appointed in 2019 by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the origins of the FBI's original Trump-Russia investigation, known as "Crossfire Hurricane." That investigation examined whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Durham found that senior FBI personnel "displayed a serious lack of analytical rigor" toward the information they received from politically affiliated people, which he said "triggered" then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Durham found "significant reliance on investigative leads provided or funded (directly or indirectly) by Trump's political opponents."

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Durham's report revealed that the FBI "failed to act" on a "clear warning sign" that the FBI was the target of a Hillary Clinton-led effort to "manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes" ahead of the 2016 election. Durham was referring to intelligence on a plan stirred up by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in July 2016 to tie then-candidate Trump to Russia to distract from the investigation into her use of a private email server and mishandling of classified information. Durham found that then-CIA Director John Brennan "realized the significance" of the intelligence that Clinton was stirring up a plan to tie Trump to Russia – so much so that he "expeditiously" briefed then-President Barack Obama, then-Vice President Joe Biden, and other top national security officials. But nothing came of that briefing or his subsequent referral of the information to the FBI, which Durham's final report said was "startling."

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The anti-Trump Steele dossier, primarily discredited, was also linked to the Clinton campaign. The dossier contained allegations of purported coordination between Trump and the Russian government. Christopher Steele, an ex-British intelligence officer, authored it. The Clinton campaign and the DNC funded the dossier through the law firm Perkins Coie, where Marc Elias and Michael Sussmann were employed. The Justice Department inspector general revealed that the unverified anti-Trump dossier helped serve as the basis for controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants obtained against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.

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While Democrats are expected to downplay Durham's report, his investigation led to three people: former Clinton attorney Sussmann in September 2021, Igor Danchenko in November 2021, and Kevin Clinesmith in August 2020. Sussmann and Danchenko were found to be not guilty. Clinesmith pleaded guilty and served community service time. But Durham's team could not charge anyone about omission or failure to act on the "Clinton Plan intelligence."

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After the release of Durham's report, the FBI said, "the conduct in 2016 and 2017 that Special Counsel Durham examined was the reason that current FBI leadership already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have now been in place for some time." "Had those reforms been in place in 2016, the missteps identified in the report could have been prevented," the FBI said. "This report reinforces the importance of ensuring the FBI continues to do its work with the rigor, objectivity, and professionalism the American people deserve and rightly expect."

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Former President Donald Trump spoke out after the release of the Durham report, stating that former FBI Director James Comey and Democrats need to be held accountable for spending years investigating alleged collusion. "I, and much more importantly, the American public have been victims of this long-running and treasonous charade started by the Democrats – started by Comey," Trump told Fox News Digital. "There must be a heavy price to pay for putting our country through this."

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Durham's report has highlighted the failures of the Justice Department and the FBI in launching the Trump-Russia investigation. His testimony before the House Judiciary Committee will allow Republicans and Democrats to question him on his findings publicly. While Democrats may downplay the report, it is clear that Durham's investigation has led to some consequences for those involved in the investigation, and it reinforces the importance of ensuring that the FBI continues to do its work with rigor, objectivity, and professionalism that the American people deserve.