Posted on 05/14/2019 6:16:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
Feeling Sexy might indict Hillary pic.twitter.com/vumxPQWCJh
— John H Durham (@John_H_Durham) May 14, 2019
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.
Sources familiar with matter say the focus of the probe includes the pre-transition period — prior to Nov. 7, 2016 – – including the use and initiation of informants, as well as potential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses.
Mr. Durham’s probe will focus on whether the Justice Department lawfully collected intelligence on Trump campaign associates, according to both the New York Times and Associated Press, each citing sources familiar with the matter.
It is not clear what investigative powers Mr. Durham will have or whether Mr. Barr will authorize a team or budget. Special counsel Robert Mueller had a squad of roughly 20 people to conduct his investigation.
Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec did not immediately return a request for comment. Thomas Carson, a spokesman for Mr. Durham, declined to comment.
President Trump has long demanded the Justice Department look into whether the FBI spied on his campaign at the behest of the Obama administration. His calls have increased since Mr. Mueller concluded there was no evidence that the president or members of his campaign colluded with Russia.
Mr. Durham’s probe is the third known investigation into FBI and Justice Department decisions surrounding the 2016 election. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is evaluating the Justice Department’s wiretaps on former campaign associate Carter Page. And John Huber, the U.S. attorney in Utah, is also reviewing a surveillance warrant obtained by the FBI to spy on Mr. Page.
Mr. Horowitz’s findings are expected to be released this month or next while the progress of Mr. Huber’s probe has remained shrouded in mystery.
In addition, Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, has also pledged an aggressive committee investigation into the FBI and Justice Department’s actions in 2016. He said the probe will target how the department was “so in the tank for [Hillary] Clinton and hated Trump’s guts.”
The Durham probe is not a surprise as Mr. Barr signaled earlier this month that he had “people in the department” helping him examine intelligence actions related to the Trump campaign.
Mr. Durham, who was sworn in as U.S. attorney on February 22, has worked at the Justice Department since 1982 and has plenty of experience conducting high-level special investigations.
There is a lot riding on this election for the coup “colluders”. If Trump loses( No way!) this whole thing gets swept under the rug.
NSA server farm is in Utah.
Utah is not overrun with Dems like DC is.
All three were assigned their specific tasks by AG Sessions, and all are part of the same plan. There are probably others we haven’t heard much about (perhaps USA Cody Hiland targeting the Clinton Foundation?), so we shall see when Barr and Trump decide the time is right. In the meantime, they are and should be working in secret.
The real issue here is the GOP has no stomach for criminally prosecuting their Democrat friends to the benefit of Donald J. Trump. Without that top cover POTUS is politically hamstrung. All we can do is reelect POTUS because Obama admin Democrats will never pay for their crimes. It’s that simple.
Or...is it simply a case of the agencies stalling and obstructing him?
And how many times has have Trump own appointees simply flipped him the bird and refused direction? McGahn, Mattis, Sessions, etc. It sure seems POTUS has very little control of the executive branch on key issues.
Why appoint Bulldog Durham if Huber is a crackerjack?
True that.
We can't even get them on board with a wall, something their constituents want.
Hate to tell the forum I told ya so but......I told ya so.
I have been familiar with Barr since he was AG for Bush. he’s a no nonsense, by the book law and order hard a$$. He’s acutely aware of the deep state, how it operates and how to manipulate it without being a part of it.
The added plus is he has absolutely no desire for career advancement and only took the job because of his love of country. The left can ravage this guy 24/7 and it will have 0 effect as he doesn’t really give a crap what the politicians or press are saying.
Do the videos include coup leaders being hauled away in handcuffs? If not....YAWN
They are investigating different parts of this hydra-like conspiracy. Just as another USA has been tasked with the Clinton Foundation, and whoever else might have been appointed to investigate other aspects. President Trump has been in charge from the start. Hang in there...
That would be too good to be true and pretty funny. And means Trump is even more of a genius at playing the long game than we thought.
Thank you. The good of the country should always come first and foremost.
I’ll hang in but given my decades long observation of inept government bureaucrats, it’s hard for me to confuse inactivity with a secret plan.
He sounds like a good candidate to do another Herr “Weasel” Mueller cleanup....
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His biggest successes have been getting convictions agains government overreach on both sides of the aisle. He prosecuted FBI in Whitey Bolger case and also Rep. Gov. John Rowland corruption case.
I don’t know what the slang term crackerjack means, please?
I hope he uses it. Barr has been a vast improvement over Sessions so far.
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Sessions was the steer blissfully wandering about amid all those cows that needed breeding.............
Just heard that Durham has been on this case for weeks.
Hate to tell the forum I told ya so but......I told ya so.
Must be bad if we are doing victory laps over an appointment.
It bears repeating that Mueller had perjury traps, indictments and guilty pleas in months. Given that timeline we should expect some legal proceedings (indictments) against criminal Democrats before the fall. Where there is a will, there is a way. If that doesn’t happen the fix is in. Again. Sorry.
Sessions was a puppet of the Deep State - either by his personal choice or he was comprised and was forced to play along.
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