Trump granted sweeping powers for a 'Russia probe origins' review to Barr, who's using the DOJ, FBI, and USAO in CT to prop up debunked right-wing conspiracy theories in order to deliver Trump a political victory rather than conducting an actual review.
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Interviews conducted by Durham, the US attorney in CT hand-picked by Barr to run this taxpayer-funded, "deep state" conspiracy crapfest, seem focused on substantiating unfounded right-wing attacks of the Mueller probe and the US intelligence community.
During his live confession, Mick Mulvaney tied Trump's Ukraine scheme to Durham’s review of the Russia probe origins [Trump's effort to exonerate Russia for 2016 election so he can lift sanctions], exposing the fact that Durham has sought help from Ukraine.
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NEW: Former CIA director @JohnBrennan, who Trump has demanded be investigated, is a focus of the Barr/Durham probe.
Jan 6, 2017: US IC chiefs including Brennan showed Trump evidence that Putin personally ordered cyberattacks to sway the 2016 US election.
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Jan 6, 2017: US IC chiefs including Brennan showed Trump evidence that Putin personally ordered cyberattacks to sway the 2016 US election.
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@JohnBrennan Trump has been “warned repeatedly by smart legal minds around him to stay out of” the probe but “a big chunk of the Barr-Durham investigation” is believed to involve “top Obama admin officials, including Brennan.”
by @NatashaBertrand @dlippman #Maddow
by @NatashaBertrand @dlippman #Maddow
@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman Barr’s personal requests have irked counterintelligence officials and foreign intelligence officials expressed annoyance that the US DOJ was going around them to talk to political leaders.
“This could put the Five Eyes relationship in jeopardy.
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“This could put the Five Eyes relationship in jeopardy.
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@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman Italy's Prime Minister Conte said Italy's intelligence services had informed Trump AG Barr that they played no role in the events leading to the Russia investigation, taking the air out of an unsubstantiated theory promoted by Trump and his allies.
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@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman Conte publicly acknowledged in news conference in Rome that Barr twice met with leaders of Italy’s intelligence agencies re the 2016 US election.
“Our intelligence is completely unrelated to the so-called Russiagate and that has been made clear.”
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“Our intelligence is completely unrelated to the so-called Russiagate and that has been made clear.”
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@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman Italian officials have lamented that unusual requests by the Trump admin [over Trump and Barr's attempt to exonerate Russia for 2016 election interference] complicated a long-lasting collaboration between allies on issues of justice and national security.
@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman ICYMI, Sep 30, 2019: Trump, using high-level diplomacy to advance his personal political interests, initiated a discussion in recent weeks with Australian PM Morrison explicitly to ask for Australia’s help in the DOJ [Barr's] review of the Russia probe.
@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman NEW: Justice Dept shifted its review of the Russia investigation to a criminal inquiry, giving Durham the power to subpoena witnesses, impanel a grand jury, and file criminal charges.
All so Barr can deliver Trump a political victory.
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All so Barr can deliver Trump a political victory.
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@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman @ktbenner Trump is certain to see the bogus criminal inquiry as a vindication of the years he spent lying about the Russia probe but the opening of a criminal inquiry raises alarms about how Trump is using the DOJ – Barr – to go after his perceived enemies.
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@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman @ktbenner Barr is managing the inquiry, wasting taxpayer money to run down unfounded, right-wing conspiracy theories.
Durham has interviewed 24+ former and current intelligence officials, asking, among other things, if CIA officials tricked the FBI into opening the Russia probe.
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Durham has interviewed 24+ former and current intelligence officials, asking, among other things, if CIA officials tricked the FBI into opening the Russia probe.
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@JohnBrennan @NatashaBertrand @dlippman @ktbenner Barr is using Durham, a widely respected prosecutor who's investigated CIA torture and broken up Mafia rings, to insulate himself from accusations that he's doing Trump's bidding and putting politics above justice.
Barr needs to be impeached.
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Barr needs to be impeached.
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