Originally posted by Guest
View Post
(T)here were in fact serious grounds for suspicion. By 2016 it was already apparent that Trump had hired as his campaign manager a guy who owed money to a Russian oligarch and who had previously managed the foreign campaign of a Russian puppet, had publicly asked Russia to hack his opponent’s emails, had exploited the results of that hack, among other things. The investigation turned up many more details, including a secret meeting where Trump’s campaign manager passed polling data on to a Russian agent, a secret business deal that promised to give Trump hundreds of millions of dollars in profit at no risk (and which he was exposing himself to Russian blackmail by denying in public), and so on.
Now Durham:
Durham is not winning prosecutions, or even a prosecution. His investigation has produced one indictment, of a target who was not even working in government: Michael Sussmann, a lawyer working for Hillary Clinton, whom Durham tried to convict on a single perjury charge. And the case turns out to have been so pathetically threadbare that it resulted in a rapid acquittal.
The fact Durham even had to bring this case was a testament to the failure of his probe. He had set out to uncover the FBI’s crimes against Mr. Trump. He was reduced to trying, and failing, to prosecute somebody for lying to the FBI.
The fact Durham even had to bring this case was a testament to the failure of his probe. He had set out to uncover the FBI’s crimes against Mr. Trump. He was reduced to trying, and failing, to prosecute somebody for lying to the FBI.
One indictment leading to a not guilty verdict there for Durham. He’s got one last item on his docket. A Russian National charged with same crime as Sussman “lying” to FBI.
Sounds as weak as the Sussman case, especially if it relies on same “bad memory” FBI guys who fail to take notes as required :)
it would be like Keystone Komedy Cops if not for such an abuse of power.
i had a good time reviewing the Mueller results. Real meat on the bone, unlike Durham.
compare to the DOZENS of results from Mueller in shorter time than Durham. If not for “fixer” Billy Barr coming in midway, who knows who else :)
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...nts-grand-jury
Comment