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Barr assigns US attorney in Connecticut to look into government surveillance involving Trump
Fox News ^ | 05/13/2019 | Gregg Re, Jake Gibson

Posted on 05/13/2019 6:41:46 PM PDT by aimhigh

Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection efforts targeting the Trump campaign were "lawful and appropriate," a person familiar with the situation told Fox News on Monday evening.

John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, will conduct the inquiry, the source said. The move comes as the Trump administration has pushed for answers on why federal authorities conducted the surveillance -- as well as whether Democrats were the ones who improperly colluded with foreign actors.

Two sources told Fox News earlier today that Barr was “serious” and had assigned DOJ personnel to the probe. Durham is known as a "hard-charging, bulldog" prosecutor, Fox News is told.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barr; clinton; collusion; deepstate; johndurham; obamagate; prosecuter; spygate; trumprussia
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I'm curious what the difference is between this appointment, and the appointment of a Special Prosecutor. Expect the libs to do everything they can do destroy this man.
1 posted on 05/13/2019 6:41:46 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Why wasn’t it some federal prosecutor from Lubbock Texas?


2 posted on 05/13/2019 6:42:48 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: aimhigh
John Durham has a lifelong record of being a "straight arrow" and always prosecuting according to the LAW and the CONSTITUTION, as opposed to becoming involved in partisan politics.

Things are looking up on behalf of Trump and "justice."

3 posted on 05/13/2019 6:46:08 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: VideoDoctor

how do you know this?


4 posted on 05/13/2019 6:48:10 PM PDT by dontreadthis (A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
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To: dontreadthis

December 2000, Durham revealed secret FBI documents that convinced a judge to vacate the 1968 murder convictions of Enrico Tameleo, Joseph Salvati, Peter J. Limone and Louis Greco because they had been framed by the agency. In 2007, the documents helped Salvati, Limone, and the families of the two other men who had died in prison win a US$101.7 million civil judgment against the government.[7]

In 2002, Durham helped secure the conviction of retired FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr., who was sentenced to 10 years in prison on federal racketeering charges for protecting Bulger and Flemmi from prosecution and warning Bulger to flee just before the gangster’s 1995 indictment.[7]

Durham’s task force also gathered evidence against retired FBI agent H. Paul Rico who was indicted in Oklahoma on state charges that he helped Bulger and Flemmi kill a Tulsa businessman in 1981. Rico died in 2004 before the case went to trial.[7]

Durham also led a series of high-profile prosecutions in Connecticut against the New England Mafia and corrupt politicians, including former governor John G. Rowland.[7]


5 posted on 05/13/2019 6:54:59 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: dontreadthis
how do you know this?

Because I did background research on Durham.

If you think I'm incorrect then do your own background research and prove me wrong.

6 posted on 05/13/2019 6:55:39 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: hoosiermama; NIKK

Ping.


7 posted on 05/13/2019 6:56:52 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: VideoDoctor

We hear that about every guy, and half of them turn out to be deep state operatives.


8 posted on 05/13/2019 6:57:14 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: aimhigh

The reckoning is here....!

Only two damn years late!


9 posted on 05/13/2019 6:59:46 PM PDT by pacificus
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To: pacificus

This guy has ability to convene a grand jury and prosecute....

Give NO Quarter!


10 posted on 05/13/2019 7:00:58 PM PDT by pacificus
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To: aimhigh

How will this be different than Huber’s investigation?


11 posted on 05/13/2019 7:02:41 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Bigtigermike

There is also a Mueller/Bulger connection that Durham might want to resolve this time around.


12 posted on 05/13/2019 7:04:30 PM PDT by scope721
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To: aimhigh

What ever happened to Huber?
Is he still alive? Is he in a nursing home?


13 posted on 05/13/2019 7:12:09 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: tennmountainman

Yeah how much longer do I have to trust him? /s


14 posted on 05/13/2019 7:13:20 PM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Okeydoker

Barr’s announcement today seems to validate fears by conservatives that Huber has been doing nothing more than a “Where’s Waldo?”.


16 posted on 05/13/2019 7:33:08 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Fido969
We hear that about every guy, and half of them turn out to be deep state operatives.

Well, guess what... Durham will be in the other half that turns out to be a NON deep state operative.

You'll know this is true when you see the LEFT and the Washington Dimms begin ATTACKING Durham just as they're now attacking Barr.

Several folks are "going down" and many pigs will began squealing to keep themselves from going to slaughter.. watch and see.

17 posted on 05/13/2019 7:33:24 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Signalman

Sleepy Sessions appointed Huber. An honest, real and probably very pi$$ed off AG Barr appointed Durham.


18 posted on 05/13/2019 7:39:43 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: aimhigh
John H. Durham.jpg

Hopefully he is a keeper, and more importantly a patriot who loves this country and wants to rid her of this corruption that has infested our government.

19 posted on 05/13/2019 7:41:39 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Bigtigermike

So Durham has a documented historical record of reversing Mueller outrages.

OUTSTANDING!


20 posted on 05/13/2019 7:43:57 PM PDT by HalfIrish
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