Special Counsel John Durham tells Congress - as he admits certain officers WERE biased against ex-president 'The FBI was too willing to accept and use politically funded and uncorroborated opposition research such as the Steele Dossier,' said Durham in the hearing By Morgan Phillips, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com and Kelly Laco, Executive Editor Of Politics For Dailymail.Com Published: 10:12 EDT, 21 June 2023 | Updated: 15:58 EDT, 21 J
Former special counsel John Durham revealed that FBI agents have apologized to him for their handling of the Trump-Russia probe as he confirmed he saw bias among key officials in charge of the investigation like Peter Strzok. 'I have had any number of FBI agents who I've worked with over the years, some are retired, some are still in place, who have come to me and apologized for the manner in which that investigation was undertaken,' Durham revealed at the top of the high-profile Judiciary hearing. To him, that proved that a majority of the FBI are 'good, hard-working people' who 'swear under their oaths to abide by the law.' 'Our findings are sobering,' said Durham. 'Having spent 40 years plus as a federal prosecutor, they are particularly sobering to me.' The FBI has come under attack since the investigation into allegations of collusions between the Trump campaign and Russia, Operation Crossfire, for the raid on Mar-a-Lago and for allegations the agency slow-walked an investigation into Hunter Biden. Durham was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 to look into misconduct related to 'Crossfire Hurricane', which investigated now-debunked Trump-Russia collusion allegations. He concluded four years later that the FBI opened the flawed probe 'based on raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence.' Former special counsel John Durham revealed that FBI agents have apologized to him for their handling of the Trump-Russia probe as he confirmed he saw bias among key officials in charge of the investigation like Peter Strzok Former special counsel John Durham revealed that FBI agents have apologized to him for their handling of the Trump-Russia probe as he confirmed he saw bias among key officials in charge of the investigation like Peter Strzok TRENDING Durham calls out Schiff for getting 'dirt' from foreign agents 7.6k viewing now 'Storm Shadow missile' hits bridge linking Crimea to Russia territory 9k viewing now Russian honoured for 'blowing up' Leopard had arm recently amputated 15k viewing now 'It's going to take time to rebuild the public's confidence in the institution, the changes, the reforms they have made are certainly changes that are going to guard to some extent against the repeat of what happened in Crossfire,' Durham insisted.
Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan refuted Durham's claims that the FBI had made significant reforms. 'I don't think anything has changed,' the Ohio Republican said. Durham insisted that his four-year-long investigation had operated 'in good faith' and did not act 'with a purpose to pursue partisan political ends.' 'We found troubling violations of law and policy in the conduct of highly consequential investigations, directed at members of a presidential campaign and ultimately a presidential administration. To me it matters not whether it was a Republican campaign or a Democrat campaign was a presidential campaign.' In one heated moment Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, referenced the infamous 'pee tape' in the dossier put together by Christopher Steele -- paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Steele made an unsubstantiated claim in the dossier, which was compiled during the 2016 presidential election that Russian authorities had covertly filmed Trump being urinated on by prostitutes at a Moscow hotel room in 2013. He noted that former FBI director James Comey said in 2018 it was 'possible' the 'pee tape' was real. 'You want to irritate the suburban mom at home five months before an election tell them the Republican leading candidate is peeing on prostitutes,' Nehls said. 'We are aware of a member of this committee having an alleged affair with a Chinese spy I refer to as Yum Yum,' he added, in a dig at Rep. Eric Swalwell, who had relations with a Chinese national known as 'Fang Fang' -- who was allegedly in the U.S. wooing lawmakers to get close to sensitive government intelligence — including Swalwell.
'This is a new low for anyone,' Nehls said, 'Imagine if someone had taken it a step forward and said Swalwell was peeing on Yum Yum.' Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., asked Jordan for those comments about Swalwell to be stricken from the record. Jordan refused. Ranking Democrat Jerry Nadler, N.Y., insisted Durham's report had been political and he was only invited to testify on Wednesday because Trump had been indicted for his handling of classified documents and hush money payments. 'Mr. Durham, your report reads like a defense of the Trump campaign and an attack on Hillary Clinton because that's exactly what it is!' he said, reminding Durham he lost all the cases he brought to trial. Rep. Steve Neguse, D-Colo., asked Durham about Republican calls to 'defund' the FBI and the DOJ amid concerns of bias against Trump within the agency. 'Now, that doesn't make sense to me. But I've only been at this for 40 years,' Durham said, referencing his four decades as a federal prosecutor. At one point in the hearing Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., told Durham his reputation was damaged because he had been appointed U.S. attorney by Donald Trump before being appointed special counsel by Barr. 'Everybody's reputation who gets involved with Donald Trump will be damaged. He's damaged goods. There's no good dealing with him so you will end up on the bottom of a pyre,' said Cohen. 'My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect, and my family, and my Lord, and I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir,' Durham shot back.
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Former special counsel John Durham revealed that FBI agents have apologized to him for their handling of the Trump-Russia probe as he confirmed he saw bias among key officials in charge of the investigation like Peter Strzok. 'I have had any number of FBI agents who I've worked with over the years, some are retired, some are still in place, who have come to me and apologized for the manner in which that investigation was undertaken,' Durham revealed at the top of the high-profile Judiciary hearing. To him, that proved that a majority of the FBI are 'good, hard-working people' who 'swear under their oaths to abide by the law.' 'Our findings are sobering,' said Durham. 'Having spent 40 years plus as a federal prosecutor, they are particularly sobering to me.' The FBI has come under attack since the investigation into allegations of collusions between the Trump campaign and Russia, Operation Crossfire, for the raid on Mar-a-Lago and for allegations the agency slow-walked an investigation into Hunter Biden. Durham was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 to look into misconduct related to 'Crossfire Hurricane', which investigated now-debunked Trump-Russia collusion allegations. He concluded four years later that the FBI opened the flawed probe 'based on raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence.' Former special counsel John Durham revealed that FBI agents have apologized to him for their handling of the Trump-Russia probe as he confirmed he saw bias among key officials in charge of the investigation like Peter Strzok Former special counsel John Durham revealed that FBI agents have apologized to him for their handling of the Trump-Russia probe as he confirmed he saw bias among key officials in charge of the investigation like Peter Strzok TRENDING Durham calls out Schiff for getting 'dirt' from foreign agents 7.6k viewing now 'Storm Shadow missile' hits bridge linking Crimea to Russia territory 9k viewing now Russian honoured for 'blowing up' Leopard had arm recently amputated 15k viewing now 'It's going to take time to rebuild the public's confidence in the institution, the changes, the reforms they have made are certainly changes that are going to guard to some extent against the repeat of what happened in Crossfire,' Durham insisted.
Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan refuted Durham's claims that the FBI had made significant reforms. 'I don't think anything has changed,' the Ohio Republican said. Durham insisted that his four-year-long investigation had operated 'in good faith' and did not act 'with a purpose to pursue partisan political ends.' 'We found troubling violations of law and policy in the conduct of highly consequential investigations, directed at members of a presidential campaign and ultimately a presidential administration. To me it matters not whether it was a Republican campaign or a Democrat campaign was a presidential campaign.' In one heated moment Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, referenced the infamous 'pee tape' in the dossier put together by Christopher Steele -- paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Steele made an unsubstantiated claim in the dossier, which was compiled during the 2016 presidential election that Russian authorities had covertly filmed Trump being urinated on by prostitutes at a Moscow hotel room in 2013. He noted that former FBI director James Comey said in 2018 it was 'possible' the 'pee tape' was real. 'You want to irritate the suburban mom at home five months before an election tell them the Republican leading candidate is peeing on prostitutes,' Nehls said. 'We are aware of a member of this committee having an alleged affair with a Chinese spy I refer to as Yum Yum,' he added, in a dig at Rep. Eric Swalwell, who had relations with a Chinese national known as 'Fang Fang' -- who was allegedly in the U.S. wooing lawmakers to get close to sensitive government intelligence — including Swalwell.
'This is a new low for anyone,' Nehls said, 'Imagine if someone had taken it a step forward and said Swalwell was peeing on Yum Yum.' Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., asked Jordan for those comments about Swalwell to be stricken from the record. Jordan refused. Ranking Democrat Jerry Nadler, N.Y., insisted Durham's report had been political and he was only invited to testify on Wednesday because Trump had been indicted for his handling of classified documents and hush money payments. 'Mr. Durham, your report reads like a defense of the Trump campaign and an attack on Hillary Clinton because that's exactly what it is!' he said, reminding Durham he lost all the cases he brought to trial. Rep. Steve Neguse, D-Colo., asked Durham about Republican calls to 'defund' the FBI and the DOJ amid concerns of bias against Trump within the agency. 'Now, that doesn't make sense to me. But I've only been at this for 40 years,' Durham said, referencing his four decades as a federal prosecutor. At one point in the hearing Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., told Durham his reputation was damaged because he had been appointed U.S. attorney by Donald Trump before being appointed special counsel by Barr. 'Everybody's reputation who gets involved with Donald Trump will be damaged. He's damaged goods. There's no good dealing with him so you will end up on the bottom of a pyre,' said Cohen. 'My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect, and my family, and my Lord, and I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir,' Durham shot back.
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