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UTUSN

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Tue Nov 3, 2020, 11:27 AM Nov 2020

DURHAM "no evidence" after 18 months, "unspoken threat (September 2020) " to resign if BARR pushed

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https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/durham-investigation-insiders-say-no-evidence-to-support-obamagate-has-been-found-in-18-months/

Durham Investigation Insiders Say ‘No Evidence’ to Support Obamagate Has Been Found in 18 Months

...the foundational theory that spawned the investigation—namely, that Obamagate occurred and that Barack Obama himself needed to be punished for it.

...increasingly frustrated with Attorney General Bill Barr...

Barr, for his part, has reportedly pressured Durham and his team for months over the investigation into the investigation–insisting that the prosecutor release the results before Election Day in an effort to use the full apparatus of the U.S. Department of Justice as a salve for President Donald Trump‘s electoral woes.

(BARR said in late May) .... ...As to President Obama and Vice-President Biden, whatever their level of involvement, based on the information I have today, I don’t expect Mr. Durham’s work will lead to a criminal investigation of either man. Our concern over potential criminality is focused on others.” ....

...unspoken threat to Barr that Durham or others on his team might resign if the attorney general attempted to force the issue... ....

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DURHAM "no evidence" after 18 months, "unspoken threat (September 2020) " to resign if BARR pushed (Original Post) UTUSN Nov 2020 OP
didn't Durham's deputy resign a couple months ago? CatWoman Nov 2020 #1
Yip, that's the September "unspoken threat" UTUSN Nov 2020 #2
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