Special Counsel John Durham defended the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) amid a push by some Republicans to defund or limit funding for those agencies in response to their alleged “weaponization.”
Durham appeared before Congress on June 21 to testify about the results of his report on the investigation into Donald Trump and his presidential campaign ahead of the 2016 election.
The special counsel’s report concluded that the investigation was poorly founded, and should not have moved ahead in the manner that it did.
However, Durham’s report referenced few reform proposals that had not already been adopted by the FBI under Director Christopher Wray, a fact that did not sit well with some Republicans….