Democratic and Republican lawmakers are drawing opposing conclusions from special counsel John Durham’s review of the FBI’s decision to investigate Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for alleged collusion with the Russian government.
Durham, who spent four years reviewing the actions of the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice, published his conclusions last month in a 306-page report (pdf). According to Durham, the FBI rushed to open the initial investigation based on unvetted intelligence, and FBI personnel showed “at best, a cavalier attitude towards accuracy and completeness.”
At a Wednesday hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Durham fielded questions about his report’s conclusions. Republicans largely pointed to Durham’s conclusions as proof that the FBI and DOJ had undermined Trump’s candidacy and early presidency and that the government institutions were in need of reform….