The report of Department of Justice Special Counsel John Durham, who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 to investigate the origins of the faux Trump-Russia probe dubbed “Operation Crossfire Hurricane,” has finally seen the light of day.
In a thread of tweets posted Monday, Sean Davis, the co-founder and CEO of The Federalist, revealed that his publication has received the 306-page report and explained a number of the conclusions made.
“Special prosecutor John Durham concluded that ‘neither U.S. nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation’,” Davis wrote.
BREAKING: Special prosecutor John Durham concluded that “neither U.S. nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.”
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 15, 2023
Expanding on the news minutes later, Davis pulled a quote from the report stating that the bureau had exactly no evidence of any misdoing between a Trump campaign official and the Russians:
“FBI records prepared by [Peter] Strzok in February and March 2017 show that at the time of the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI had no information in its holdings indicating that at any time during the campaign anyone in the Trump had been in contact with any Russian intelligence officials.”
According to Davis, the report confirms that the FBI, during the tail end of President Barack Obama’s tenure, attempted and failed to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on George Papadopoulos, who served as a foreign policy adviser to Trump during 2016.
According to the 306-page Durham report, the Obama FBI tried and failed to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on George Papadopoulos.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 15, 2023
Davis also confirmed that the FBI could not corroborate any details or allegations levied in the explosive Steele dossier.
Durham concluded the Steele dossier was a complete joke and that the FBI failed to corroborate any of its key claims: “Our investigation determined that the Crossfire Hurricane investigators did not and could not corroborate any of the substantive allegations contained in the…
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 15, 2023
Conservative commentator Greg Price added that the report found that every major Obama administration member – including Vice President Joe Biden – was briefed on Hillary Clinton’s “plan” to create a false narrative linking Trump to Russia in 2016 by CIA Director John Brennan:
🚨BREAKING: According to the Durham Report, the plan by Hillary Clinton to create a false story linking Donald Trump to Russia was briefed in August of 2016 by CIA Director John Brennan to President Obama, VP Biden, AG Loretta Lynch, and FBI Director Comey. pic.twitter.com/r2NvwJyKW8
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 15, 2023
In the wake of the bombshell release, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said he has reached out to DOJ to request testimony from Durham for “next week.”
We’ve reached out to the Justice Department to have Special Counsel John Durham testify next week.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) May 15, 2023
This story is developing and will be updated.