us attorney john durham - Forum - Command Center2024-03-29T15:21:55Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/feed/tag/us+attorney+john+durhamBarr says familiar names among those DOJ is investigating in Durham probe, calls findings 'very troubling'https://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/barr-says-familiar-names-among-those-doj-is-investigating-in-durh2020-06-10T21:24:25.000Z2020-06-10T21:24:25.000ZAdmin Melony B. DeFordhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/AdminMelonyBDeFord<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}5817686480,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}5817686480,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="450" alt="5817686480?profile=RESIZE_584x" /></a><span style="font-size:12pt;">Attorney General Bill Barr told Fox News' Bret Baier in an exclusive interview aired Tuesday that Americans will be able to recognize "some" of the names under investigation as part of U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing probe into federal surveillance abuses -- and that he is "very troubled" by "what has been called to" his attention so far.</span></p>
<p class="speakable"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Barr asserted that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Durham team "has been working very aggressively to move forward," and that there "will be public disclosure" of his findings. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-exclusive-fox-news-interview" target="_blank">Part one of Baier's interview</a> with Barr aired on Monday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">"I think before the election, I think we're concerned about the motive force behind the very aggressive investigation that was launched into the Trump campaign without, you know, with a very thin, slender reed as a basis for it," Barr told Baier. "It seemed that the bureau was sort of spring-loaded at the end of July to drive in there and investigate a campaign."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">The Justice Department's (DOJ's) watchdog has identified critical errors in every FBI wiretap application that it audited as part of the fallout from the bureau's <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fisa-court-blocks-fbi-agents-linked-to-carter-page-probe-from-seeking-wiretaps-report" target="_blank">heavily flawed</a> investigation into former Trump adviser Carter Page, who was surveilled during the campaign in part because of a largely <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/horowitz-report-spotlights-fbi-agent-role-russia-probe-flynn">discredited</a> dossier funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">read more here: <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-says-familiar-names-among-those-doj-is-investigating-in-durham-probe">https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-says-familiar-names-among-those-doj-is-investigating-in-durham-probe</a></span></p></div>New FBI document confirms the Trump campaign was investigated without justificationhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/forum/new-fbi-document-confirms-the-trump-campaign-was-investigated-wit2020-05-27T22:11:18.000Z2020-05-27T22:11:18.000ZAdmin Melony B. DeFordhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/AdminMelonyBDeFord<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}5402457474,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}5402457474,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="517" height="344" alt="5402457474?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p>
<p>Late last week the FBI document that started the Trump-Russia collusion fiasco was publicly released. It hasn’t received a lot of attention but it should, because not too long from now this document likely will be blown up and placed on an easel as Exhibit A in a federal courtroom.</p>
<p>The prosecutor, U.S. Attorney <span class="rollover-people"><a class="rollover-people-link" href="https://thehill.com/people/john-durham">John Durham</a></span>, will rightly point out that the document that spawned three years of political misery fails to articulate a single justifiable reason for starting the “<a href="https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/abbreviated%20timeline%20horowitz.pdf" target="_blank">Crossfire Hurricane</a>” investigation. </p>
<p>Those of us who have speculated there was insufficient cause for beginning the investigation could not have imagined the actual opening document was this feeble. It is as if it were written by someone who had no experience as an FBI agent.</p>
<p>Keep in mind the FBI cannot begin to investigate anyone, especially a U.S. citizen or entity, without first creating a document that lists the reasonably suspicious factors that would legally justify the investigation. That’s FBI 101, taught Day 1 at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Va.</p>
<p>To the untrained eye, the FBI document that launched Crossfire Hurricane can be confusing, and it may be difficult to discern how it might be inadequate. To the trained eye, however, it is a train wreck. There are a number of reasons why it is so bad. Two main ones are offered below (if you would like to follow along, the <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/jw-v-doj-reply-02743/" target="_blank">document is here</a>):</p>
<p>First, the document is oddly constructed. In a normal, legitimate FBI Electronic Communication, or EC, there would be a “To” and a “From” line. The Crossfire Hurricane EC has only a “From” line; it is from a part of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division whose contact is listed as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Strzok" target="_blank">Peter Strzok</a>. The EC was drafted also by <a class="rollover-people-link" href="https://thehill.com/person/peter-strzok">Peter Strzok</a>. And, finally, it was approved by Peter Strzok. Essentially, it is a document created by Peter Strzok, approved by Peter Strzok, and sent from Peter Strzok to Peter Strzok.</p>
<p>On that basis alone, the document is an absurdity, violative of all FBI protocols and, therefore, invalid on its face. An agent cannot approve his or her own case; that would make a mockery of the oversight designed to protect Americans. Yet, for this document, Peter Strzok was pitcher, catcher, batter and umpire.</p>
<p>In addition, several names are listed in a “cc” or copy line; all are redacted, save Strzok’s, who, for some reason, felt it necessary to copy himself on a document he sent from himself to himself. </p>
<p>read more here: <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/499586-new-fbi-document-confirms-the-trump-campaign-was-investigated-without#.Xs7Zs2t5FvU.twitter">https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/499586-new-fbi-document-confirms-the-trump-campaign-was-investigated-without#.Xs7Zs2t5FvU.twitter</a></p></div>