Uncorroborated Intelligence’: Durham Report Torches FBI, DOJ For Handling Of Trump-Russia Probe

[Valletta]

The report noted that the FBI received intelligence that Hillary Clinton’s campaign approved “a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services,” specifically one that involved “tying him to Putin and the Russians’ hacking of the Democratic National Committee.” It notes that President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and FBI Director James Comey were personally briefed on Clinton’s scheme, known as the “Clinton Plan” in the report, by CIA Director John Brennan, who recorded mentioning the plan in his handwritten notes.
The “Clinton Plan” was obtained by the FBI while it was relying on the “Steele Dossier,” a discredited report of lurid allegations of Trump’s personal sexual activity, which the FBI knew was being funded and promoted by the Clinton campaign, according to the report.

‘Uncorroborated Intelligence’: Durham Report Torches FBI, DOJ For Handling Of Trump-Russia Probe

Special Counsel John Durham found that the FBI used

dailycaller.com

Just like the Biden campaign, on and on it goes.

 

[SimplyMe]

The report noted that the FBI received intelligence that Hillary Clinton’s campaign approved “a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services,” specifically one that involved “tying him to Putin and the Russians’ hacking of the Democratic National Committee.” It notes that President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and FBI Director James Comey were personally briefed on Clinton’s scheme, known as the “Clinton Plan” in the report, by CIA Director John Brennan, who recorded mentioning the plan in his handwritten notes.
The “Clinton Plan” was obtained by the FBI while it was relying on the “Steele Dossier,” a discredited report of lurid allegations of Trump’s personal sexual activity, which the FBI knew was being funded and promoted by the Clinton campaign, according to the report.

‘Uncorroborated Intelligence’: Durham Report Torches FBI, DOJ For Handling Of Trump-Russia Probe

Special Counsel John Durham found that the FBI used

dailycaller.com

Just like the Biden campaign, on and on it goes.

It appears, like other recent investigations, it is long on allegations and short on actual evidence, with not even much in the way of criminality in most of those allegations.

For example, the "Clinton Plan" it refers to as "intelligence" -- but never provides any evidence that such a plan existed. In fact, the report notes that individuals from the Clinton campaign had no knowledge of such as "plan," with one claiming it was "ridiculous." The one time he tried to bring charges on this "intelligence," not only did no one confess to such a plan (to prevent their own trial, what some, such as the OP, claimed would happen) but the case failed -- and most legal experts found it ludicrous the case were ever filed.

It amazes me how Republicans complained about the various "nothing burgers" that the Left claimed about Trump, but then they appear to be doing the exact same things.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Other than Clinesmith that we knew about, no crimes.

 

[HTacianas]

The report noted that the FBI received intelligence that Hillary Clinton’s campaign approved “a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services,” specifically one that involved “tying him to Putin and the Russians’ hacking of the Democratic National Committee.” It notes that President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and FBI Director James Comey were personally briefed on Clinton’s scheme, known as the “Clinton Plan” in the report, by CIA Director John Brennan, who recorded mentioning the plan in his handwritten notes.
The “Clinton Plan” was obtained by the FBI while it was relying on the “Steele Dossier,” a discredited report of lurid allegations of Trump’s personal sexual activity, which the FBI knew was being funded and promoted by the Clinton campaign, according to the report.

‘Uncorroborated Intelligence’: Durham Report Torches FBI, DOJ For Handling Of Trump-Russia Probe

Special Counsel John Durham found that the FBI used

dailycaller.com

Just like the Biden campaign, on and on it goes.

It reminds me of this case I read about once where a small town prosecutor believed that some group of people were involved in ritual sacrificing of human beings. They searched the property and dug up a couple of bones. They turned out to be pig bones left over from a barbecue or something. The investigation went on and on and on but they couldn't find any evidence at all of any human sacrifices or anything remotely resembling it. During the investigation one of the prosecutors told someone else "the lack of evidence is what proves the whole thing".

That's what happens when someone gets something stuck in their head and nothing will convince them of anything otherwise. They start seeing things that aren't there. I would expect hat kind of thing from Barney Fife but not from the FBI.

 

[Valletta]

The report is chilling. So many people should have been indicted. The Russian collusion hoax was fabricated by Democrats and the Hillary Clinton campaign. There was ZERO evidence for the FBI to pursue it, they didn't even bother to check the databases of other intelligence agencies and they went right after TRUMP again with ZERO evidence. The FBI did everything they could to help Hillary's campaign and just the opposite with Trump. A complete violation of the law. Two senior FBI officials, Peter Strxok and Lisa page even texted each other as to how they would stop Trump from becoming president. With no indictments for blatant interference in an election and lying to a FISA court, hopefully the Republicans will take drastic efforts to defund the FBI. The media too was in on the hoax, the NY Times and Washington Post still haven't returned their Pulitzers received for reporting a complete lie. EVERY American should be outraged.

 

[SimplyMe]

The report is chilling. So many people should have been indicted. The Russian collusion hoax was fabricated by Democrats and the Hillary Clinton campaign. There was ZERO evidence for the FBI to pursue it, they didn't even bother to check the databases of other intelligence agencies and they went right after TRUMP again with ZERO evidence. The FBI did everything they could to help Hillary's campaign and just the opposite with Trump. A complete violation of the law. Two senior FBI officials, Peter Strxok and Lisa page even texted each other as to how they would stop Trump from becoming president. With no indictments for blatant interference in an election and lying to a FISA court, hopefully the Republicans will take drastic efforts to defund the FBI. The media too was in on the hoax, the NY Times and Washington Post still haven't returned their Pulitzers received for reporting a complete lie. EVERY American should be outraged.

"So many people should have been indicted." So, tell me, why weren't they? Durham had the power to indict anyone involved but he tried to indict three and only got one conviction, where a person had admitted to changing a document.

When did they go after TRUMP with "zero evidence?" Every investigation that I can recall always stated that Trump was not a target of the investigation. Additionally, all the Russia investigations were run by Republicans, that I can think of; the House, the Senate, the DoJ/Mueller (who reported to Trump appointed Rosenstein). Not to mention, for "ZERO evidence," how did Mueller get 8 convictions? There was so much "ZERO evidence" that Republicans (including in the House and Senate) felt the need to open investigations.

Yes, the FBI helped so much with Hillary's election that she lost -- because of the FBI. You don't recall how a week before the election the FBI reported that they were investigating Hillary again, which was directly contrary to DoJ rules? How that caused a dramatic drop in her polling numbers?

I'm sorry, the Durham investigation was Trump wanting revenge for the Russia investigation into his campaign, was partisan all the way through, and came up with zero evidence of any organized wrongdoing, by the FBI or anyone else. Durham's idea of a "Clinton Plan" has zero evidence to support it, the one time he tried to indict someone for their role in the supposed plan he could not get close to a conviction. And now, because Durham completely failed to find any evidence, the "party of law enforcement" wants to remove funding from law enforcement to punish those who, per the evidence, did nothing wrong.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The report is chilling. So many people should have been indicted.

Special Prosecutor Durham didn't agree. (Well, he did indict two people a while back, but they were both acquitted.)

 

[parousia70]

The Durham Report ends with nothing more than a soft opinion.
The opinion = the investigation that resulted in CONVICTIONS of Trump’s national security advisor, campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, foreign policy advisor, political fixer, personal attorney, and indictments of more than a dozen Russians should have never began.

Because, apparently, emails.

 

[Valletta]

Special Prosecutor Durham didn't agree. (Well, he did indict two people a while back, but they were both acquitted.)

Durham made no comment about chilling one way or another. High ranking officials used and are using the federal government to push their own political ideas and ambitions.

 

[Valletta]

"So many people should have been indicted." So, tell me, why weren't they? Durham had the power to indict anyone involved but he tried to indict three and only got one conviction, where a person had admitted to changing a document.

When did they go after TRUMP with "zero evidence?" Every investigation that I can recall always stated that Trump was not a target of the investigation. Additionally, all the Russia investigations were run by Republicans, that I can think of; the House, the Senate, the DoJ/Mueller (who reported to Trump appointed Rosenstein). Not to mention, for "ZERO evidence," how did Mueller get 8 convictions? There was so much "ZERO evidence" that Republicans (including in the House and Senate) felt the need to open investigations.

Yes, the FBI helped so much with Hillary's election that she lost -- because of the FBI. You don't recall how a week before the election the FBI reported that they were investigating Hillary again, which was directly contrary to DoJ rules? How that caused a dramatic drop in her polling numbers?

I'm sorry, the Durham investigation was Trump wanting revenge for the Russia investigation into his campaign, was partisan all the way through, and came up with zero evidence of any organized wrongdoing, by the FBI or anyone else. Durham's idea of a "Clinton Plan" has zero evidence to support it, the one time he tried to indict someone for their role in the supposed plan he could not get close to a conviction. And now, because Durham completely failed to find any evidence, the "party of law enforcement" wants to remove funding from law enforcement to punish those who, per the evidence, did nothing wrong.

Even CBS news reported:

The special counsel said the FBI had an "obligation" to look at the allegations, but it did not perform full due diligence in opening the probe. Durham, in the probe, concluded that the Justice Department and FBI had "failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities" described in his report. The special counsel's examination also revealed senior FBI personnel "displayed a serious lack of analytical rigor toward the information they received, especially information received from politically affiliated persons and entities."

"Neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation," the special counsel found.

Durham said there was "significant reliance on investigative leads" provided or funded by Trump's opponents.

Durham report finds FBI "failed to uphold its mission" in handling of Trump-Russia probe

The release of special counsel John Durham's report on the origins of the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election comes four years after he began his probe.

www.cbsnews.com

As I said, there was "zero evidence" against Trump yet they went after Trump. They even lied to a FISA court.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Even CBS news reported:

The special counsel said...

Yes, CBS accurately reported what the special counsel said. One of the most important things he said is that there was no need for any indictments.

 

[Belk]

Durham made no comment about chilling one way or another. High ranking officials used and are using the federal government to push their own political ideas and ambitions.

Whats that? Using government to advance politics? The perfidy.

/s

 

[wing2000]

Special Prosecutor Durham didn't agree. (Well, he did indict two people a while back, but they were both acquitted.)

Valleta obviously is a more capable prosecutor than SP Durham....at least in his mind.

 

[childeye 2]

The report is chilling. So many people should have been indicted. The Russian collusion hoax was fabricated by Democrats and the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Respectfully, you are misunderstanding the report and the events. Look at the timeline. The DNC was hacked in 2015 through 2016.

The Durham report claims that it was a Russian intelligence analysis that was making the claim that the Hillary campaign was intending to tie Trump to Putin and to the hacking of the DNC in late July 2016. The Durham investigation turned up no conclusive evidence that the Russians were correct.

• In late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into Russian intelligence analysis alleging that U.S Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump by tying him to Putin and the Russians' hacking of the Democratic National Committee. The IC does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.

 

[ralliann]

The report is chilling. So many people should have been indicted. The Russian collusion hoax was fabricated by Democrats and the Hillary Clinton campaign. There was ZERO evidence for the FBI to pursue it, they didn't even bother to check the databases of other intelligence agencies and they went right after TRUMP again with ZERO evidence. The FBI did everything they could to help Hillary's campaign and just the opposite with Trump. A complete violation of the law. Two senior FBI officials, Peter Strxok and Lisa page even texted each other as to how they would stop Trump from becoming president. With no indictments for blatant interference in an election and lying to a FISA court, hopefully the Republicans will take drastic efforts to defund the FBI. The media too was in on the hoax, the NY Times and Washington Post still haven't returned their Pulitzers received for reporting a complete lie. EVERY American should be outraged.

And there are people here that do not care about this corruption

 

[Valletta]

Yes, CBS accurately reported what the special counsel said. One of the most important things he said is that there was no need for any indictments.

We know that, typically if they are Democrats there are no indictments. Every once in a while they throw someone under the bus when they have to.
That gets to the heart of the problem, unelected bureacrats are using the power of the federal government to impose their wishes on the people. They are using taxpayer funded resources for political purposes, and yes we know there are no indictments. I have made this point before about due process, every individual should be treated the same under the law. That means if a pro-life group blocks a freeway you give them the same sentences as you would if Black Lives Matter was blocking the freeway. We are way past that. To save our Republic in the current situation and with many people thinking violations of law are just fine if it supports their political views, the Congress is going to have to slash the funding of every rogue agency.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Congress is going to have to slash the funding of every rogue agency.

Durham didn't conclude that the FBI was a rogue agency.

 

[SimplyMe]

We know that, typically if they are Democrats there are no indictments. Every once in a while they throw someone under the bus when they have to.

So explain to me why a Republican prosecutor, working under a Republican Attorney General, and Republican president, would not indict Democrats?

It seems your complaint is that the Democrats aren't committing the crimes that you imagine they are.

That gets to the heart of the problem, unelected bureacrats are using the power of the federal government to impose their wishes on the people. They are using taxpayer funded resources for political purposes, and yes we know there are no indictments.

So, again, why no indictments. It would appear your claim is false -- if there were evidence of that (and that should be relatively easy to find), then there should have been indictments. So is Durham, despite Trump always getting the "best and brightest" to work for him, completely incompetent? If you "know" all this then why didn't Durham and why didn't he indict people for it?

I have made this point before about due process, every individual should be treated the same under the law. That means if a pro-life group blocks a freeway you give them the same sentences as you would if Black Lives Matter was blocking the freeway. We are way past that. To save our Republic in the current situation and with many people thinking violations of law are just fine if it supports their political views, the Congress is going to have to slash the funding of every rogue agency.

This would appear to be an off topic rant.

 

[SimplyMe]

Even CBS news reported:

The special counsel said the FBI had an "obligation" to look at the allegations, but it did not perform full due diligence in opening the probe. Durham, in the probe, concluded that the Justice Department and FBI had "failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities" described in his report. The special counsel's examination also revealed senior FBI personnel "displayed a serious lack of analytical rigor toward the information they received, especially information received from politically affiliated persons and entities."

"Neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation," the special counsel found.

Durham said there was "significant reliance on investigative leads" provided or funded by Trump's opponents.

Durham report finds FBI "failed to uphold its mission" in handling of Trump-Russia probe

The release of special counsel John Durham's report on the origins of the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election comes four years after he began his probe.

www.cbsnews.com

As I said, there was "zero evidence" against Trump yet they went after Trump. They even lied to a FISA court.

Again, when was any investigation into Trump about Russia? Name the investigation and who ran it.

 

[essentialsaltes]

So explain to me why a Republican prosecutor, working under a Republican Attorney General, and Republican president, would not indict Democrats?

Or FBI agents and officials of any political persuasion.