Posted on 08/07/2020 9:15:19 PM PDT by romanesq
Print this article Former CIA Director John Brennan appears to have dodged prosecution in U.S. Attorney John Durham's criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation.
After NBC News reported Thursday that Brennan agreed to do an interview with Durham, signaling that his investigation is nearing its end, a lawyer familiar with the situation told NPR that the Obama-era CIA director has been told he is not a target of prosecutors. Instead, this source said, the interview will mainly consist of technical questions.
The news is sure to disappoint some of President Trump's most ardent supporters who believe Brennan and other top officials in the Obama administration sought to sabotage Trump's candidacy in 2016 and later his presidency.
Still, while Brennan may escape an indictment, he may yet be harshly criticized in a report. Attorney General William Barr said he expects "developments" from Durham's inquiry by the end of the summer.
“It’s hard to prove criminal intent at their level, and unless there’s a smoking gun, like an email or text, they’ll probably get off with a damning report about their activities," former Assistant FBI Director Chris Swecker, who claims to know Durham personally, told RealClearInvestigations in reference to Brennan and other top intelligence community and law enforcement officials from the Obama administration.
Durham has reportedly scrutinized Brennan's emails, call logs, and other records from the CIA as his team looked into the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian election interference, whether there was an effort to hide information from other agencies, British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s flawed anti-Trump dossier, and other issues.
Democrats, some Justice Department veterans, and legal experts have raised concerns about the public release of Durham's findings or indictments less than 90 days from the election. Under questioning last week by Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a Florida Democrat, Barr refused to commit under oath to not releasing a report before the November contest and pledged it would not "disrupt" the election.
Timing is also a mounting concern for the president's allies who fear the federal prosecutor's work will get buried should former Vice President Joe Biden defeat Trump.
Brennan, who has traded barbs with Trump over the past couple years, found out he had been blocked from accessing his classified notes and records while working on his forthcoming memoir.
I believe that it was this publication that just completely wrote 4chan out of the identification of the guy that threw the bomb at one of the protests. So I would say this source is not to be trusted at all.
One thing I do know, you always tell a suspect they’re not going to be prosecuted during the investigation phase. Right before you drop the hammer on them.
What’s new ? It always has. Pathetic ,
“Durham’s actions and indictments are NOT being leaked. Not at all.”
Not coming from the Durham investigation; it’s an unnamed “lawyer,” re: that’s a criminal defense lawyer, for John Brennan.
They are “getting ahead” of the story as they say in the biz.
Durham should take the high road and do the right thing — issue a strongly-worded letter of disapproval, and move on to becoming a CNN contributor.
Imagine that a president can now be spied upon by his predecessor and it is all completely legal...face it this thing has been a farce from the beginning and Bill Barr and “Bull” Durham where in on it the whole time
Fair enough, but this article appears to be a perfunctory exercise to fill the white space.
Maybe he’s set up Clapper & down the line for a reduced sentence - 10 to 15 years with no early release?
Off to dream ...
;-)
If Durham is such a great investigator like AG Michael Mukasey has said, he would go after underling Strzok & make him flip on those 2!!!
> “Durham has reportedly scrutinized Brennan’s emails, call logs, and other records from the CIA ...”
If true, then Durham isn’t worth a cent of his taxpayer funded salary.
Of course, Brennan and others in his circle are not going to leave a trace of evidence of their coup attempt on official calls and correspondence.
But they did indeed communicate. The question is how?
George Webb has the answer and it cracks the whole damn thing open.
Encrypted Blackberrys.
https://twitter.com/GeorgWebb/status/1220018737455271937?s=19
I pray this comment regarding what Durham investigated is incomplete, short, not comprehensive.
If all Federal employees are incompetent or complicit as alluded to here regarding Durham, we are beyond screwed.
And if true, then AG Barr has no excuse as he is responsible for periodically checking up on DOJ attorneys such as Durham.
I’ll wait to see what Durham and Trump have to say at the conclusion of this matter.
I want to be dazzled.
In other words... I call this article fake news
“Still, while Brennan may escape an indictment, he may yet be harshly criticized in a report.”
So there is a target?
Thanks for this ping, bitt.
#2. NBC the creators of fake news.
Brennan lied before Congress, the media, and the public. If he lied before Congress, he can be indicted and prosecuted. This traitor deserves to hang, ASAP.
#8 Trump was TOLD that he was NOT a target of prosecutors and Gen. Flynn was set-up in a similar “perjury trap”.
Brennan and his pet puppet Clapper both deserve long jail sentences and as I said elsewhere, Brennan should be hung or shot for treason. Just look at the disasterous American foreign policies that occurred on his “watch”.
“Still, while Brennan may escape an indictment, he may yet be harshly criticized in a report”
Oh goodness, scornful criticism! That’s gonna teach em a lesson.
John Durham is a Prosecutor he is not a special counsel there will not be a report from Durham there will be indictments or nothing at all!!
Hairface aimed for the target and didn’t hit a bulls-eye? My group is tight. Just sayin’. Maybe Billy can get him with the ‘pipes in the AG office. Dunno. I’ll take CLUES for zero, Alex. Trust Hairface? Trust ‘Pipes? What does Bags say? (sorry Bagster...I couldn’t resist...thanks for all of your posts and quick wit. Glad you got out of prison.)
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