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May 3, 2019 · May 3, 2019 6:45 PM EDT. Leave a comment. Transcript Audio. President Trump has long claimed U.S. intelligence agencies spied on his 2016 campaign. This week, he considered himself vindicated...
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- PBS NewsHour
Jun 21, 2023 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who investigated the FBI’s probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign found himself at the center of a heated political fight as...
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- Nomaan Merchant,Eric Tucker
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- What Did The Report Say?
- What Was New?
- How Has The FBI Responded to Durham’s Report?
- Has Anyone Been Charged in Relation to Durham’s Probe?
- What Are The Political Implications?
Most significantly, Durham’s report said that the FBI at the very least was too hasty in opening its investigationof Trump, saying the department at the time lacked “actual evidence” – including any proof of contact between Trump campaign staff and Russian intelligence agents – and instead relied on “raw, unanalysed and uncorroborated intelligence”...
A 2019 US Department of Justice inspector general reporthad already identified many problems with the FBI probe, saying it was both dysfunctional and rushed, but denying that there was evidence of political bias or that the department did not have reason to open the probe when it did. Beyond that, many of the shortcomings identified by Durham were ...
The FBI has said it has already implemented a series of reforms to address issues with the department’s 2016 probe, including steps meant to ensure the accuracy of secretive surveillance applications. The department also stressed that the report focused on the FBI’s prior leadership, before current Director Christopher Wray took the job in 2017. “H...
Durham’s report has ended speculation that more people could be charged in relation to the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation. Durham previously secured a guilty pleaagainst former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who was singled out for altering an email that was used to justify a government wiretap application for Trump aide Page. His two other cases w...
The timing of the report’s release will likely stoke Trump’s narrative that he has been repeatedly targeted by officials in a political “witch hunt”. Trump has already declaredhe will run for president in 2024, and while the newest report offered few new revelations, the former president maintained on his Truth Social platform that it showed the “c...
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May 15, 2023 · CNN — 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...
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- Zachary Cohen,Devan Cole,Tierney Sneed,Evan Perez,Hannah Rabinowitz,Jeremy Herb,Marshall Cohen
May 17, 2023 · A 306-page report by Justice Department special counsel John Durham is refocusing negative attention on one of the most politically significant investigations in FBI history: the probe into whether Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was colluding with Russia to tip the outcome of the election. (May 16) Photos. 5.
May 16, 2023 · Durham ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The report offers withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell far short of the former president’s prediction he would uncover the “crime of the century.” (AP ...
May 16, 2023 · WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has finally been concluded, with prosecutor John Durham submitting a much-awaited report that found major flaws.
