Trump-era special counsel's final report criticizes FBI's Russia probe
May 15, 20235:11 PM ET
Deepa Shivaram
The special counsel-led investigation looking into the FBI's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 Trump campaign has ended, the Department of Justice announced Monday, and in a 306-page final report, concludes the FBI did not have enough intelligence to merit a full Trump-Russia probe investigation.
Read the report below.
Excerpt:
"The speed and manner in which the FBI opened and investigated Crossfire Hurricane during the presidential election season based on raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated intelligence also reflected a noticeable departure from how it approached prior matters involving possible attempted foreign election interference plans aimed at the Clinton campaign," the report says.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1176219884/trump-russia-investigation-durham
( Also important, Trump is not vindicated, no Deep State claims were validated.)
FBI accused of failures but key report finds no deep-state plot against Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/fbi-durham-report-trump-russia-investigation