Prominent Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann was acquitted on charges of lying to investigators about his ties to Clinton's presidential campaign when he brought allegations to the FBI related to the Trump investigation.A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, delivered a verdict of not guilty on all four counts against Igor Danchenko, the Russian national accused of lying to federal investigators about information he collected in 2016 for former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele that was included in Steele's now-infamous "dossier" detailing Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia.Ī Washington-based think tank analyst, Danchenko was hired by Steele to contribute intelligence information to Steele's research. Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty, admitting that he doctored an email that was submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as part of an application used to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Just three prosecutions resulted from Durham's investigation. Much of Durham's findings echoed details revealed in the Justice Department inspector general's 2019 investigation into the FBI's probe, which identified several procedural errors but concluded there was no "political bias" at the bureau. Trump is now fighting federal charges alleging he mishandled classified documents and obstructed the government's efforts to retrieve them, prompting the former president and his supporters to once again claim the Justice Department has been "weaponized" against him.
"I think there maybe ought to be some changes and the like, but defunded, no." "I don't believe the Department of Justice or the FBI should be defunded," Durham said. Joe Neguse asked Durham if he sides with some conservatives who believe the Department of Justice and the FBI should be defunded. "Attorney General Garland never asked me not to indict somebody," Durham said.ĭemocratic Rep. Durham also agreed Attorney General Merrick Garland did not interfere with his investigation. Eric Swalwell, Durham agreed that he had the authority to pursue charges against Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or former FBI Director James Comey in his role as special counsel - if he had the evidence. On Wednesday, Durham underscored that the production of the so-called Steele dossier, an opposition memo that included unproven accusations compiled by a former British intelligence officer, was funded by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign, and was a deeply flawed record that was used by the FBI to secure surveillance warrants. Throughout the course of the four-year investigation, Trump and his allies were convinced Durham's investigation would show the FBI unfairly targeted him when it opened an investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Special counsel John Durham testifies about his report on the FBI's inquiry into potential contacts between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, before a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 21, 2023. He was elevated to special counsel the following year and allowed to continue his probe under the Biden administration.
attorney in 2019 when then-Attorney General William Barr tasked him with examining the FBI's decision to open an investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016.
A career federal prosecutor and Justice Department official, Durham was serving as the Connecticut U.S.
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