Following the May 12 release of Special Counsel John Durham’s long-awaited “Report on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns,” which found that the FBI’s original investigation of Trump was unwarranted, Durham sat for testimony on Wednesday which was originally slated to be closed-door, only to be opened up for the public to see.
In comments to the House Judiciary Committee, Durham reiterated the report’s findings that there was “not a legitimate basis” for the Crossfire Hurricane investigation – before shooting down several barbs from Democrats;
Special Counsel Durham says that, at the time, there was “not a legitimate basis” to launch the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump. pic.twitter.com/0wO1hIEs3u
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 21, 2023
COHEN: “Your reputation will be damaged!”
DURHAM: “My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect, and my family, and my Lord, and I’m perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir!” pic.twitter.com/zughWAoN2l
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 21, 2023
He also suggested Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has a few skeletons in his closet.
Dammmmmm- What does Durham have on Schiff pic.twitter.com/RfWLTCRfTL
— Karli Bonne’ (@KarliBonnita) June 21, 2023
Durham said that several FBI agents apologized to him for how the Trump investigation was run.
DURHAM: “I have had any number of FBI agents…who have come to me and apologize for the manner in which that investigation was undertaken. I take that seriously!” pic.twitter.com/3vqE08nrl0
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 21, 2023
“The FBI was too willing to accept and use politically funded and uncorroborated opposition research such as the Steele Dossier,” said Durham, who also confirmed that there was no collusion found between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
🚨BREAKING: John Durham testifies before House Judiciary Committee: “The FBI was too willing to accept and use politically funded and uncorroborated opposition research such as the Steele Dossier.” pic.twitter.com/bi4mHvQPoN
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 21, 2023
Durham confirms what we’ve known all along: there was NO COLLUSION.
As he said today: “As to collusion or conspiracy, I’m not aware of any.” pic.twitter.com/zTzgGJTmG7
— Rep. Mike Johnson (@RepMikeJohnson) June 21, 2023
More:
“Our findings were sobering. I can tell you, having spent 40 years plus as a federal prosecutor, they were particularly sobering to me.” — Special counsel John Durham
WATCH: https://t.co/bQ4a7xO3qH pic.twitter.com/axu4FHtv3R
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) June 21, 2023
Of course, many would like to know why Durham didn’t ‘do anything’ more meaningful in terms of prosecutorial recommendations.
Is Durham going to explain why he didn’t actually do anything? Thanks John! Pfft
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) June 21, 2023
To that end, Matt Taibbi suggests a few hard questions for Durham;
1. Why were former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, along with FBI officials Bill Priestap, Peter Strzok, and Kevin Clinesmith, and others allowed to refuse cooperation?
2. Where is Mifsud?
3. Why were “omissions” or “misstatements” by FBI officials and/or their sources treated as such, and not as criminal lying, as would likely have happened in Robert Mueller’s investigation?
4. Why was Halper’s name kept out of the report? What other “informant” activity was obscured?
5. Why did you punt on the hack?
It’s a great read which subscribers to Racket News can check out here.
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Fiery testimony. Is that the white Wonder bread with no butter, fiery or the lets make a stupidly ridiculous click bait headline fiery?
” Barr was the bondo , Durham is the spray paint ” – Sundance
Three coats of laquer followed by a serious final buff out; everyone’s friends again.
Sure would be gratifying to see that commieass fuque Cohen from Tennessee hanging from a lamp post with crows pecking out his eyes. Same with those cockbites Schiff and Swallwell. Those Dems on that committee are flat out evil lying dirtbags. Hank Johnson only has about a 70 IQ so we can excuse or at least explain his participation.
Cohen shocked the whole Memphrica area when he won the TN “Black” seat and he continues to dominate all of his black opposition because they cannot settle on a single black candidate to take him on.
The Blacks cant figure out to run a successful candidate against this horrible hebe? That says a whole bunch about the constituents of his district. Mockery working both ways here.
Too many large egos to go along with the pea sized brains.
They forgot to get to the part were Barry O was fully aware and even endorsed it.
They are not allowed to go there, John. That would be RAYCIS.
The tree of liberty is unimpressed with the latest episode of the West Wing.
I’m still holding steadfast that Durham’s naysayers are going to be eating a lot of crow. John Durham’s specialty is prosecuting the mafia and public corruption. He actively worked with Rudy Giuliani in the 80’s to bring down the NYC mafia. Nobody has been arrested yet because they round up all the bosses last and at the same time to avoid anybody getting whacked. Which is exactly what happened to the boss of the Gambino crime family Paul Castellano when he made bail right after being indicted.
“…are going to be eating a lot of crow…” That’s rich.
Can’t you see? Nothing is happening. Nothing will happen with any other subject that the House Judiciary Committee chooses to “look into”.
Obviously, you have a reading comprehension problem or you simply don’t know how to hover your mouse over the video above and click the left button to play it. They round up all the big players at the same time and only when the investigation has been completed. This is a massive RICO case where those involved are infiltrated within the US government.
If I were involved in organized crime the last person I’d want up my ass and having access to FISA information would be Rudy Giuliani.
Who is Trump’s best friend? Who was Trump’s personal attorney during his impeachment trial? Who went to Ukraine to look into the Biden family’s corruption? Who had Hunter’s laptop? Who had access to the information Trump declassified? Who was the first federal prosecutor to use the RICO laws to prosecute organize crime? Who was the first federal prosecutor to use FISA to surveil the mafia? Who was the mayor of NYC during 9/11? Who knows everything about these people?
Rudy Giuliani.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsSdRRwQzkk
Should be dead already by that logic?
NOT an insult, just a question.
Stephanie, I’d like to agree with you, but you do realize these are all democrats? It’s baked in the cake, they will hang right next to the Clintons, and all the corrupt agencies ( spoiler alert it will never happen) nothing against you but I think you are too wishfully thinking of the actual world
Wish it were true. But that was the mafia. Politicians are never held accountable in the USA. Especially Dem ones.
Durham is part of the club and would never go after his brothers. It is just like all of the inspector generals who never find criminal activity in the department they are the watchdog for. It is a big club and like Donald Trump, you ain’t in it.
When I see loads of DC pathetic parasites elected , appointed and hired handcuffed with leg irons bankrupted to a point where their children are on welfare and some hanging by their treasonous necks Nuremberg style perhaps a bit of faith in what was the my country will be partially restored .
Till then this is all Kabuki Theater
DC Style
If you still have any faith, you better than me
“Things you won’t see on the network news for $1,000 Alex”
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Did anyone else experience the real time cognizant disonance between what we were taught in the classroom and what was in the news?
In 1972, I could not fathom why our “nation” was helping our mortal enemy the Soviet Union via massive “grain loans” due to crop failure in….I believe it was Ukraine.
I’m gonna go ahead and assume it was part of a decades long, ongoing scam using Ukraine as a cash laundromat.
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Maybe I was right..
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-arrives-in-china-for-talks
“Nixon seemed an unlikely candidate to thaw those chilly relations. During the 1940s and 1950s, he had been a vocal cold warrior and had condemned the Democratic administration of Harry S. Truman for “losing” China to the communists in 1949. The situation had changed dramatically since that time, though. In Vietnam, the Soviets, not the Chinese, had become the most significant supporters of the North Vietnamese regime. And the war in Vietnam was not going well. The American people were impatient for an end to the conflict, and it was becoming increasingly apparent that the United States might not be able to save its ally, South Vietnam, from its communist aggressors.”
Same as it EVER was.
“Our findings were sobering…”
If the next words weren’t:
“We got caught so bad for orchestrating a coup on the US government and the people of this country that our flacid dicks were showing”, then whatever was said was an ass covering lie.
Clara Peller: Forget the beef, where’s the consequences?