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Schiff: "Barr is the second most dangerous man in the country right now" (Original Post)
triron
Jun 2019
OP
Durham is a US Attorney appointed by Barr to investigate the Russian probe origins
csziggy
Jun 2019
#3
triron
(22,240 posts)1. What or who is Durham btw?
csziggy
(34,189 posts)3. Durham is a US Attorney appointed by Barr to investigate the Russian probe origins
Or to discredit the Steele dossier since the origins of the information are well known.
Attorney General Barr Appoints U.S. Attorney To Investigate Russia Probe Origins
May 14, 20195:49 PM ET
Attorney General Barr has tasked U.S. Attorney John Durham with investigating the origins of the Russia probe. Durham will look into the intelligence gathering aimed at the Trump campaign in 2016.
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Barr has now appointed a veteran prosecutor to look into the origins of the Russian investigation. NPR national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson joins us more to talk about that. And, Carrie, tell us about this lawyer now in charge of investigating the Russia investigation.
CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: Sure. His name is John Durham. He's the U.S. attorney in Connecticut. And he's got a long history in law enforcement. He was tapped by former Attorney General Janet Reno to look into the FBI's relationship with organized crime in Boston in 1999. That helped inspire the movie "The Departed." He was tapped by other Justice Department leaders to examine whether CIA employees or contractors broke the law in their mistreatment of terrorism suspects. Now he's got another assignment. DOJ says he's looking at whether the intelligence community violated any rules in its surveillance of the Trump campaign prior to inauguration day, before the Trump appointees were on the job.
More: https://www.npr.org/2019/05/14/723325895/attorney-general-barr-appoints-u-s-attorney-to-investigate-russia-probe-origins
May 14, 20195:49 PM ET
Attorney General Barr has tasked U.S. Attorney John Durham with investigating the origins of the Russia probe. Durham will look into the intelligence gathering aimed at the Trump campaign in 2016.
<SNIP>
Barr has now appointed a veteran prosecutor to look into the origins of the Russian investigation. NPR national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson joins us more to talk about that. And, Carrie, tell us about this lawyer now in charge of investigating the Russia investigation.
CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: Sure. His name is John Durham. He's the U.S. attorney in Connecticut. And he's got a long history in law enforcement. He was tapped by former Attorney General Janet Reno to look into the FBI's relationship with organized crime in Boston in 1999. That helped inspire the movie "The Departed." He was tapped by other Justice Department leaders to examine whether CIA employees or contractors broke the law in their mistreatment of terrorism suspects. Now he's got another assignment. DOJ says he's looking at whether the intelligence community violated any rules in its surveillance of the Trump campaign prior to inauguration day, before the Trump appointees were on the job.
More: https://www.npr.org/2019/05/14/723325895/attorney-general-barr-appoints-u-s-attorney-to-investigate-russia-probe-origins
triron
(22,240 posts)4. Well Janet Reno is a democrat. Not sure that means anythng.
csziggy
(34,189 posts)5. I'm not sure I trust anyone who was handpicked by Barr for a questionable investigation
The Steele dossier has been vetted and the origins of the information provided in it have already been covered. Much of it has been proven true - but the Republicans still want to use it to smear Democrats by continuing to smear the Clinton campaign.
To my mind, any investigation into it is equivalent to yet another Beghazi investigation. And with Barr's history, he is certain to have selected someone who he knows will give him the answers he wants while pretending to investigate.