After years of investigation, Special Counsel John Durham revealed that the FBI never possessed any evidence of Trump’s campaign colluding with Russia.
From The Federalist. On Monday, Special Counsel John Durham released the findings of his years-long investigation into the origins of the FBI’s surveillance of the Trump campaign in the months before, during, and after the 2016 presidential contest. Despite the agency’s claims that the inquiry — commonly referred to as Crossfire Hurricane — was predicated on the belief that Trump’s campaign was colluding with Russian officials leading up to the election, Durham’s report found the FBI had no evidence to warrant such an investigation. …
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The FBI launched a full investigation “without (i) any significant review of its own intelligence databases, (ii) collection and examination of any relevant intelligence from other U.S. intelligence agencies, (iii) interviews of witnesses essential to understand the raw information it had received or (iv) using any of the standard analytical tools typically employed by the FBI in evaluating raw intelligence,” the report reads. “In addition, FBI records prepared by Strzok in February and March 2017 show that at the time of the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI had no information in its holdings indicating that at any time during the campaign anyone in the Trump campaign had been in contact with any Russian intelligence officials.” …
Durham’s report also highlights the baselessness of the Steele Dossier, which the FBI used in its application to acquire a FISA warrant to spy on the Trump campaign. …
Durham ultimately concluded the FBI failed to corroborate any of its key claims regarding the Dossier, writing, “Our investigation determined that the Crossfire Hurricane investigators did not and could not corroborate any of the substantive allegations contained in the Steele reporting.”
From Just the News. Lawmakers and former intelligence officials on Monday reacted furiously to the release of Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion investigation which asserted that the bureau pursued the case without possessing evidence and routinely violated its own procedures during the process.
“What have we learned from the Durham report? That the New York times and Washington Post were given a Pulitzer Prize for writing a bunch of politically motivated crap. When it comes to reporting on Donald Trump, the mainstream media is dead,” said South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in a statement provided to Just the News. …
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, likewise, fumed at the revelations and demanded that the bureau comply with congressional oversight efforts to retain its credibility.
“The baseless and politically motivated Russia collusion lie robbed the American people of three years and tens of millions in taxpayer dollars,” he said. “This lie, perpetrated by the DNC and Clinton campaign, was aided and abetted by senior FBI and DOJ officials who, at best, consciously avoided their duty of due diligence, and at worst, knowingly and willingly participated in one of the dirtiest smears in American history.” …
Former FBI Assistant Director of Intelligence Kevin Brock excoriated his old employer during an appearance on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show, saying it “was hijacked by a handful of senior executives who had an agenda, who did not like Donald Trump, and who used the awesome powers of the FBI to launch an investigation against all policy against all legal guidelines and restrictions that would prevent the misuse of the FBI.”
“They opened up a case without adequate predication. The predication that’s vital to every American to protect them from [the] FBI … just doing an investigation because they don’t like the color of your shoes,” he added. …
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(Excerpts from The Federalist and Just the News. Photo Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)