Posted on 02/15/2022 3:14:04 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest filing from special counsel John Durham in his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has been seized on by the conservative media and Donald Trump himself as vindication of the former president’s oft-repeated claims that he was “spied” on.
One headline said Durham had alleged that the campaign of Hillary Clinton paid to “infiltrate” servers at Trump Tower and the White House — though that verb is not used in the filing — and Trump suggested that Democrats had been caught “illegally spying” in a scandal worse than Watergate.
Neither claim is exactly what Durham alleged in a weekend filing that was ostensibly about a potential legal conflict-of-interest in the case. The filing detoured into the realm of internet traffic research and generated significant attention among followers of Durham’s probe.
A look at what happened:
WHAT’S THE BACKSTORY OF THE FILING?
Durham, the former U.S. attorney in Connecticut, was appointed in 2019 by then-Attorney General William Barr to investigate possible misconduct within the U.S. government as it investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and any ties to the Trump campaign.
WHY DID DURHAM’S CLAIMS CREATE SUCH A BUZZ?
Mostly because of a single paragraph.
In it, Durham says Sussman in February 2017 presented officials at a U.S. government agency — the CIA — with information that Sussmann said showed that “Trump and/or his associates were using supposedly rare, Russian-made wireless phones in the vicinity of the White House and other locations.” The Durham team said it has identified no support for those allegations.
WHAT ELSE IS DURHAM INVESTIGATING?
Durham and his team have cast a broad net in their investigation, interviewing former officials at the FBI, the Justice Department and the CIA.
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Wrap up smear in progress. Just watch it unfold as the NYT article is cited as the proving debunk by CNN and the rest.
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To claim all analysis and reporting was wrong based on one word is crazy.
All the Trump hysteria for years centered on “Collusion.”
Collusion is not a legal term, it’s not a charge, and he was never charged. However, they love “collusion” til this day.
This is some kind of weak, beyond weak.
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“...vindication of the former president’s oft-repeated claims that he was “spied” on.”
Early in his Presidency, Trump believed he was being spied on, to the extent he had the Oval Office “renovated”. He thought in terms of actual listening devices, whereas we see now that the “bugs” were digital through Neustar’s access to Executive Office digital communications.
Instead of trying to explain this away, the AP’s stooge ought to be asking what Trump administration data Joffe/Neustar stole, who they gave it to, and what they and the recipients did with it. Did any of it go to US government agencies? “News” personnel? Foreign intelligence services, such as those of Russia, China, or Israel?
Sniff sniff smells like ASS. Press.💩
The last time I looked, Merrick Garland was the AG. This means no Democrat elite will be prosecuted. Garland is the dem Get Out Of Jail Free card.
Yeah, pretty slick huh.
One of their favorite tactics is the old diversion maneuver— Nothing to see here, move along. Followed by the story vanishing from the news cycle.
creating a buzz, means this is a satirical fluff piece to be laughed at
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