John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang

#251

AMERICAN OVERSIGHT RECEIVES INDICATION THAT DURHAM INVESTIGATION HAS CLOSED

On Friday, the Department of Justice dropped a key objection to the release of more than 4,500 pages of documents related to the Durham investigation, the Trump-era inquiry into the origins of the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. The DOJ had previously withheld the records claiming that their disclosure would interfere with an ongoing law enforcement investigation. Instead of filing an anticipated brief that would have defended the withholdings, the department withdrew its assertion of the “ongoing investigation” exemption — strongly suggesting that the Durham investigation has been closed.

The reversal was announced in a motion filed in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit American Oversight brought in August 2019 to compel the release of documents related to the Durham inquiry, including communications between Durham and senior Justice Department officials and any communications Durham or DOJ officials may have had with the Trump White House or Congress.

https://www.americanoversight.org/ameri ... has-closed

Kendra · #252

NEW: A court filing tonight suggests the Durham investigation has closed.

The DOJ just dropped a key objection to the release of over 4,500 pages of records related to the Trump-era investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia inquiry.

@MuellerSheWrote
Per the Special Counsel regs, Durham HAS to report anything he investigated, and his reasoning behind declining to prosecute. So that trump crime he found HAS to be in his report, along with his reasons for not prosecuting. I bet he leaves it out, violating the regs.

Will Fox cover this story now?

#253

Andrew Fleischman @ASFleischman wrote: Big ups to John Durham, whose acquittal rate remains the envy of the criminal defense world

https://twitter.com/ASFleischman/status ... 63329?s=20

Kendra · #254

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 7:23 pm
Andrew Fleischman @ASFleischman wrote: Big ups to John Durham, whose acquittal rate remains the envy of the criminal defense world
https://twitter.com/ASFleischman/status ... 63329?s=20

Slim Cognito · #255

Won't somebody please think of Sean Hannity??!!??

Kendra · #256

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 7:53 pm Won't somebody please think of Sean Hannity??!!??

NO!!!!

Slim Cognito · #257

#258

Thought of Hannity first!

Luke Johnson @Orly_licious
#DURHAM ends after 4 wasted years. MAGA owes thanks to Sean Hannity, Kush Patel, and all the folks that SCREAMED for years "ANY DAY NOW". It's a preview of what the House GOP will accomplish with their ridiculous kabuki Biden Theatre. Give until it hurts, marks. #DurhamReport

Kendra · #259

I would very much like to see the Hill reporters shove the mic in the face of all those Rs (Gym Jordan, I'm looking at you) who were so sure there was all kinds of guilt and corruption to be found by Durhan and ask what they say now.

Chilidog · #260

Considering that he sent his Grand Jury home six months ago, I'd say: "Yes, he's done."

#261

Kendra wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 7:18 pm Will Fox cover this story now?

Only if Durham changes his name to Hunter Biden.

#262

Fox coverage:

Durham finds DOJ, FBI 'failed to uphold' mission of 'strict fidelity to the law' in Trump-Russia probe
Durham began investigating the origins of Crossfire Hurricane in 2019

Special Counsel John Durham found that the Department of Justice and FBI "failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law" when it launched the Trump-Russia investigation.

Fox News Digital obtained Durham’s report Monday afternoon after his years-long investigation into the origins of the FBI’s original investigation, known as "Crossfire Hurricane." That investigation looked into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Durham was set to release his report Monday afternoon – the report spans more than 300 pages.

"Based on the review of Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we conclude that the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described in this report," the report said.

Durham added that his investigation also revealed that "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."

"This information in part triggered and sustained Crossfire Hurricane and contributed to the subsequent need for Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation," the report states. "In particular, there was significant reliance on investigative leads provided or funded (directly or indirectly) by Trump's political opponents."

"The Department did not adequately examine or question these materials and the motivations of those providing them, even when at about the same time the Director the FBI and others learned of significant and potentially contrary intelligence," the report states.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/durham ... ssia-probe

#263

CNN coverage reads bit differently.

Special counsel John Durham concludes FBI never should have launched Trump-Russia probe

Special counsel John Durham concluded that the FBI should never have launched a full investigation into connections between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, according to a report compiled over three years by the Trump-administration appointee and released on Monday.

Durham’s 300-plus page report also states that the FBI used “raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence,” to launch the “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation into Trump and Russia but used a different standard when weighing concerns about alleged election interference regarding Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

The special counsel, however, did not recommend any new charges against individuals or “wholesale changes” about how the FBI handles politically charged investigations, despite strongly criticizing the agency’s behavior.

“Based on the review of Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we conclude that the {Justice} Department and FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described in this report,” Durham wrote.

The report also concludes that “at least on the part of certain personnel intimately involved in the matter” there was “a predisposition to open an investigation into Trump.”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/15/politics ... index.html

Chilidog · #264

So, meh?

Chilidog · #265

I can hear the screaming now.

"Where are the indictments?"

much ado · #266

Chilidog wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 4:08 pm I can hear the screaming now.

"Where are the indictments?"

Someone must have gotten to them. Perhaps that senile criminal genius, Joe Biden? I bet that's it.

#267

Jim Jordan has already asked Durham to appear before his committee.

Apparently he did find one interesting thing - the FBI actually had a spy in HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN. Jordan will get plenty of soundbites for Fox to spew though.

Also, it took him 4 years to end up with 2 failed prosecutions and a report that expresses the opinion that he already had 1 month into his "investigation".

Kendra · #268

Nicolle Wallace is breaking it down right now with an excellent panel (Andrew Weisman included). Worth queuing it up to watch.

#269

The report, read it fer yerself: https://www.justice.gov/storage/durhamreport.pdf

Kendra · #270

Paul Manafort - guilty
Rick Gates - guilty
Mike Flynn - guilty
George Papadopouolos - guilty
Roger Stone - guilty
Michael Cohen - guilty
Konstantin Kilimnik - wanted, $250k reward

Michael Sussman - not guilty
Igor Danchenko - not guilty

Point me to the confirmation bias here?

p0rtia · #271

Kendra wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 4:33 pm Nicolle Wallace is breaking it down right now with an excellent panel (Andrew Weisman included). Worth queuing it up to watch.

That was an intense discussion. Take home message: Durham is a disgrace (and can't write a report).

Kendra · #272

p0rtia wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 5:33 pm
Kendra wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 4:33 pm Nicolle Wallace is breaking it down right now with an excellent panel (Andrew Weisman included). Worth queuing it up to watch.
That was an intense discussion. Take home message: Durham is a disgrace (and can't write a report).

Agreed.

sad-cafe · #273

yup

a total f-up and a HUGE waste of money. Same as Gym Jordan and all the rest Especially empty greene and q-bert and santos

What fresh hell did we do to deserve this?

#274

Caught a bit of Hannity on the radio, he can't understand why Comey, Strzok, and Page haven't been arrested yet.

John Thomas8 · #275

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 6:28 pm Caught a bit of Hannity on the radio, he can't understand why Comey, Strzok, and Page haven't been arrested yet.

It's been 5,135 days since inshannity said he'd get waterboarded for charity.

Maybe instead of wondering why innocent people aren't being arrested and instead go public why he's a lying sack of shit.