"I don't believe the Department of Justice or the FBI should be defunded," Durham said. Joe Neguse asked Durham if he sides with some conservatives who believe the Department of Justice and the FBI should be defunded. "Attorney General Garland never asked me not to indict somebody," Durham said.ĭemocratic Rep. Durham also agreed Attorney General Merrick Garland did not interfere with his investigation. Eric Swalwell, Durham agreed that he had the authority to pursue charges against Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or former FBI Director James Comey in his role as special counsel - if he had the evidence. On Wednesday, Durham underscored that the production of the so-called Steele dossier, an opposition memo that included unproven accusations compiled by a former British intelligence officer, was funded by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign, and was a deeply flawed record that was used by the FBI to secure surveillance warrants. Throughout the course of the four-year investigation, Trump and his allies were convinced Durham's investigation would show the FBI unfairly targeted him when it opened an investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Special counsel John Durham testifies about his report on the FBI's inquiry into potential contacts between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, before a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 21, 2023. He was elevated to special counsel the following year and allowed to continue his probe under the Biden administration. attorney in 2019 when then-Attorney General William Barr tasked him with examining the FBI's decision to open an investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016. A career federal prosecutor and Justice Department official, Durham was serving as the Connecticut U.S.
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