Democrats want DOJ to turn over info on Barr, Durham trip to Italy

"In this instance, it appears that Attorney General Barr turned the Special Counsel regulations on their head and used the Special Counsel not to promote independence and fairness, but to bury a potentially significant criminal investigation from the public," Nadler wrote...

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4091023-democrats-want-doj-to-turn-over-info-on-barr-durham-trip-to-italy/

The biggest surprise from John Durham's testimony to the House

That's not to say that the day was completely pointless. Durham confirmed under Democratic questioning that current Attorney General Merrick Garland didn't interfere with his investigation or tell him that any potential targets were off-limits. He admitted that the reason that former President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton still walk free, no matter how much Trumpworld wants them behind bars, is that there's simply no evidence of wrongdoing. Likewise, none of the three individuals he did prosecute, two of whom were acquitted, were accused of taking part in a supposed "deep state" plot to take down Trump. It's a far cry from when the former president was promising that Durham's probe would reveal "the crime of the century."…

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/john-durham-report-hearing-testimony-trump-rcna90392

Shenanigans Afoot (Pete Strzok and Allison Gill; Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcast Episode 123)

This week: the House has a date with Durham; Tommy Tuberville is holding up military promotions and hurting readiness; Pete Navarro continues to Pete Navarro; and more.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-8x79k-18a814c7

Lawmakers Call for Inquiry Into Durham’s Review of Russia Investigation - The New York Times

And the article detailed how Mr. Barr had Mr. Durham hunted for evidence that intelligence abuses lurked in the origins of the Russia inquiry. After that turned into a dead end, they kept the investigation going by shifting to searching for a basis to accuse Hillary Clinton's campaign of framing Mr. Trump for colluding with Russia.

Mr. Durham never charged such a conspiracy, but he used court filings to insinuate that there had been one, which Mr. Barr — no longer in office — publicly cheered. Mr. Lieu and Mr. Goldman wrote that "charging individuals with crimes in order to pursue separate political narratives undermines our rule of law and represents a gross abuse of power."…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/politics/durham-barr-russia-investigation.html

Trump and Barr lose as ‘deep state’ bomb goes off: Failed DOJ plot revealed in exposé

A New York Times bombshell investigation exposes new details and "ethical" breaches in the failed effort by Trump Attorney General Bill Barr to tarr the DOJ, and find a "deep state" bias against Donald Trump. Barr's handpicked prosecutor failed to find supporting evidence or win the few cases he filed, and the Times reports intelligence agencies contradicted Barr's theories -- and ultimately his "strained justification" for the probe fell apart. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber analyzes the story on the day it broke, and, while carefully noting there were no alleged crimes, the account raises other questions of ethics and abuse of power by Barr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HbrMIJnJEM

APPALLING MISCONDUCT in Durham investigation EXPOSED

The New York Times released a long exposé yesterday examining the John Durham special counsel investigation looking into the investigation of ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. Harry gives his take on the various salacious revelations, including the unusually close relationship between John Durham and AG Bill Barr and countless misleading public statements from Barr, from the standpoint of a former DOJ official...

https://youtu.be/4k1Sep7i37U

Barr Pressed Durham to Find Flaws in the Trump-Russia Investigation - The New York Times

The review by John Durham at one point veered into a criminal investigation related to Donald Trump himself, even as it failed to find wrongdoing in the origins of the Russia inquiry...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/politics/durham-trump-russia-barr.html

The ugly truth EXPOSED about the Durham/Barr investigation of those who investigated Trump-Russia

The New York Times just published a remarkable deep-dive piece ,pulling back the curtain on the John Durham investigation of the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, exposing the ugliness and lack of ethics that apparently ran rampant through the Durham investigation. 

This video surveys some of the most troubling aspect of the Durham probe revealed in The New York Times reporting.

https://youtu.be/Jiez4_NsH6g

John Durham’s failed investigation comes with a hefty price tag

For years, Team Trump insisted that the Russia scandal was pointless but the Durham investigation was real. It now appears these Republicans had it exactly backward: The Russia scandal was real, and the Durham investigation was pointless...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/john-durhams-failed-investigation-comes-hefty-price-tag-rcna63330

Discount Mueller Probe Ends In Complete Failure for Republicans (Opening Arguments podcast OA642)

But who will investigate the investigators? John Durham, as it turns out. And what will he find? F*ck all. Trump tried to have his own Mueller Probe to get to the bottom of all the deep state corruption that must have led to the Russia Investigation only to find that there wasn’t any of that. But the whole affair was a massive corruption of justice that has not been covered enough. Get the full OA breakdown!

Interview: 

https://openargs.com/oa642-discount-mueller-probe-ends-in-complete-failure-for-republicans/

John Durham Was Trump’s Answer to Robert Mueller. His Investigation Went Nowhere.

John Durham has used the criminal justice system to try to score political points. What he has not done is search for the truth. Durham has developed and launched just two prosecutions in connection with his probe of the Justice Department and FBI's handling of the Trump-Russia case. 

Remarkably, neither targeted officials from the Justice Department or the FBI. He still lost both cases...

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/26/trump-john-durham/

John Durham’s probe appears to be ending with a whimper

For years, Trump World insisted that the Russia scandal was pointless, but the Durham investigation was real. It now appears these Republicans had it exactly backwards: The Russia scandal was real, and the Durham investigation was pointless...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/john-durhams-probe-appears-ending-whimper-rcna47705

Barr’s extraordinary defense of the John Durham probe

To the extent people on the right have believed the Russia investigation was a “hoax” and the real crime was the Mueller probe itself, the evidence thus far paints quite a different picture...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/02/barrs-extraordinary-defense-john-durham-probe/

How John Durham’s Probe Has Exposed Trump’s Russia Con (Mother Jones)

His three-year investigation has so far shown the only hoax was orchestrated by the former president...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/06/how-john-durhams-probe-has-exposed-trumps-russia-con/

Feels Dirty. Not the Good Dirty (Allison Gill and Andrew Torrez; Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcast Episode #65)

This week: the Secret Service sideshow keeps getting stranger; developments in the January 6 Committee - should they criminally refer Donald; what is Durham up to; metaphysical arguments about the transfer of power are bad; plus comings and goings, and more.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-brp76-1359306e

John Durham distances himself from right-wing furor - Axios

John Durham, the special counsel looking into the government's investigation of Russian election interference, distanced himself from reports in conservative media that a motion he filed last week implied Hillary Clinton's campaign paid to spy on Trump White House servers, according to the New York Times…

https://www.axios.com/john-durham-michael-sussman-filing-3626fedf-a316-470b-92ea-c8077bfa0249.html

Sussmann seeks dismissal of Durham indictment in lying to FBI case - The Washington Post

…In particular, they noted that the information Sussmann gave to the CIA "pertained only to the period of time before Mr. Trump took office, when Barack Obama was President." That would seem to rebut the idea the researchers were maliciously gathering Trump's data when he occupied the Oval Office...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/17/durham-sussman-motion-dismiss/

Barr suspected the Russia probe was a setup. He ordered a review. His prosecutor found nothing - The Washington Post

The Justice Dept. watchdog concluded the FBI had an adequate basis to open the Russia investigation — in part based on an assurance from U.S. Attorney John Durham.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barrs-handpicked-prosecutor-tells-inspector-general-he-cant-back-right-wing-theory-that-russia-case-was-us-intelligence-setup/2019/12/04/17e084dc-16a9-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html