Man with hammer sees imaginary nails.Live blog for this wraith's big reveal https://t.co/Z0b5UsDZAP via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 15, 2023
For example, Durham rehashes his allegations against Michael Sussmann, the then-Perkins Coie attorney who was accused of lying to an FBI official to get the bureau to open an investigation. Sussmann was acquitted and doubt was cast at trial what role his meeting played in sparking the FBI probe, but Durham claims undeterred that Sussmann prompted the case’s opening.Ignoring a trial verdict for your own preferred narrative is a very Trumpian move. One must ask: is Trumpism contagious.?
This report does not recommend any wholesale changes in the guidelines and policies that the Department and the FBI now have in place to ensure proper conduct and accountability in how counterintelligence activities are carried out,” the report reads.
He instead says that it’s all about “integrity,” and that he simply did his work to help the attorney general decide “how the Department and the FBI can do a better, more credible job in fulfilling its responsibilities, and in analyzing and responding to politically charged allegations in the future.”Lock 'em up!
It echoes in concept if not in tone one of Trump’s favorite complaints about the Trump-Russia investigation, or really any attempt to examine or hold him accountable in any way: that it’s unfair.
In this context, Durham raises the issue of which campaign received a defensive briefing from the FBI in 2016 and which did not, and also publicizes potential 2016 investigations into the Clinton Foundation which, he says, immediately went nowhere.
This, of course, is in contrast to the Trump-Russia investigation, which went on for years and resulted in the convictions of his campaign manager, national security adviser, and others.
“Furthermore, while the Department appears to have had legitimate concerns about the Foundation investigation occurring so close to a presidential election, it does not appear that similar concerns were expressed by the Department or FBI regarding the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,” Durham writes.
This does read like very special pleading.Johnny D includes this bullshit language about juries when the two cases he charges were rejected by juries. pic.twitter.com/9gFNgDOtzq
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 15, 2023
What did Durham find?Again: Mueller's investigation found that Trump's National Security Advisor (a foreign agent of Turkey), his campaign manager (a foreign agent of Ukraine), his foreign policy advisor, his personal lawyer, and his rat-fucker ALL lied to cover up their ties to Russia.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 15, 2023
And the problem was?Durham report faults FBI for rushing to investigate candidate who urged Russia to hack opponent, was backed by Russian interference op, welcomed Russian offer of 'dirt', secretly pursued Moscow real estate deal, shared classified into w/Russian diplos... https://t.co/EFsRQPEBms
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) May 15, 2023
He looks like what happens when a Kentucky colonel breeds with a Connecticut Yankee insurance actuary. And his work proves that is more than skin deep.
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