In May 2019, then-Attorney General William Barr assigned federal prosecutor John Durham to investigate the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) 2016 investigation into alleged collusion between the presidential campaign of Donald Trump and Russia, an investigation given the code name “Crossfire Hurricane.”
Following the precedent of past special counsels, Durham will likely release a final report with his findings. Garland has previously said he hopes to publicly release "as much as possible" of the eventual Durham report, after it goes through a Justice Department redaction process.
In many ways, the trial was a proxy battleground to relitigate the most heated moments of the 2016 election, and was a crucial test of Durham's theory that Clinton allies broke the law with their anti-Trump opposition research. What's the impact of the verdict? The verdict is a significant blow to the Durham probe.
The Durham investigation indicates a coordinated effort by the Clinton campaign to disseminate false allegations against Donald Trump to win the 2016 election. Indictments filed by Durham show that the “Steele Dossier” and “Alfa-Bank” allegations of a conspiracy between Trump and the Kremlin were entirely concocted.
Sources told Fox News that interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Timothy Shea is also assisting Durham's investigation. "They farmed the investigation out because it is too much for Durham and he didn't want to be distracted," one source said. "He's going full throttle, and they're looking at everything.".
Additionally, sources told Fox News that Durham is examining a "pattern of conduct," which includes the FBI's erroneous FISA applications to obtain surveillance warrants against Carter Page. Durham reportedly talks to Barr about the investigation "every day," another source told Fox News.
Last May, Attorney General William Barr appointed Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, to oversee a probe into the Russia investigation and whether the Justice Department and FBI lawfully conducted its investigation, which included an extensive inquiry into the Trump campaign and its associates.
Now, less than one week after the Justice Department dropped its charges against Michael Flynn, Fox News reported that Durham's investigation is expanding.