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post 1675889923 01-26-2023, 03:10 PM
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Durham Investigation Officially a Giant Nothingburger

https://dnyuz.com/2023/01/26/barr-pr...didnt-go-well/
Egged on by Mr. Trump, Attorney General William P. Barr set out in 2019 to dig into their shared theory that the Russia investigation likely stemmed from a conspiracy by intelligence or law enforcement agencies. To lead the inquiry, Mr. Barr turned to a hard-nosed prosecutor named John H. Durham, and later granted him special counsel status to carry on after Mr. Trump left office.

But after almost four years — far longer than the Russia investigation itself — Mr. Durham’s work is coming to an end without uncovering anything like the deep state plot alleged by Mr. Trump and suspected by Mr. Barr.

Moreover, a monthslong review by The New York Times found that the main thrust of the Durham inquiry was marked by some of the very same flaws — including a strained justification for opening it and its role in fueling partisan conspiracy theories that would never be charged in court — that Trump allies claim characterized the Russia investigation.
So, in the end, it was the Durham investigation that was a partisan sham. LMAO, Stizzel on suicide watch. Keep him away from any and all rope!
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Walls finally closing in?
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The only thing Durham found was proof of crimes committed by Trump.... nothing on the oranges of the investigation.
The review by John Durham at one point veered into a criminal investigation related to Donald Trump himself, even as it failed to find wrongdoing in the origins of the Russia inquiry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/u...ssia-barr.html
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Snizzel and friends on suicide watch.
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The writing was on the wall when Durham started going after people outside of govt and charged them with lying to officials… the officials who were “lied to” were willful participants.

What we’ve learned is that Clinton paid fusion gps to make up claims of collusion, the sources were a democrat working for a democrat think tank in dc and a “voice that sounded like milian” when that was actually a Clinton associate too. Steele was paid to give the report credibility. The fbi did nothing to verify any of it and instead presented it all as fact to the fisa court to spy on trump. The cia was planting foreign spies (mifsud, downer, halper, tawil) to give the illusion of Russian connections.

When all of this failed and trump was elected, they started an investigation to hide evidence if their spy operation and to target trump. They manipulated emails to continue spying. They interviewed the dossier source who says it was all bs.. but they ran with it anyway and continued to present it to the fisa court as fact to spy. They ran a media campaign to smear trump and paint an illusion of collusion. They dragged it on for years to influence public opinion and midterns.

The investigation was manufactured from day one and should have taken a day to discredit. The spying and international spying involvement made this an untouchable story.

Barr appointed Durham behind trumps back. People assumed this was to protect the investigation from Biden… but it was just to prevent trump from declassifying the documents as he left office. Instead, trump took the documents for later release and declassified them in a memo. That posed a risk, so they raided trump for the documents.

And here we are.
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Good news, they investigated themselves and found nothing.
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Walls closing in? Trump finally in jail?

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It worked how they wanted it to.

People like phil/sillie/bodie etc were all abord with their lack of critical thinking skills
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Trump is DONE!!! WALLS ARE CLOSING IN1!! they got him HE'S DONE, BOMSHELL!!! HE'S FINISHED!!! THEY GOT HIM! Trump is DONE!!
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OP displaying that he doesn't know what the word 'partisan' means. Did you feel betrayed when you learned all collusion with Russia and the Steele dossier were hoaxes? If not, why not?
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Originally Posted By frankdtank20
OP displaying that he doesn't know what the word 'partisan' means. Did you feel betrayed when you learned all collusion with Russia and the Steele dossier were hoaxes? If not, why not?
They also believe that Epstein killed himself and the govt not releasing his client list is totally normal, that the govt actually investigated Clinton’s emails, that Russia actually hacked the dnc servers, the list goes on.
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Right-wing copium in this thread is beyond hilarious. Sad!
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Originally Posted By ghostfacedup
Trump is DONE!!! WALLS ARE CLOSING IN1!! they got him HE'S DONE, BOMSHELL!!! HE'S FINISHED!!! THEY GOT HIM! Trump is DONE!!
This sarcasm hits soft in 2023.

Trump was literally done years ago, being forced to pack his chit and move out after one wasted term.
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durham, much like mueller, was there to clean up and mop up the mess.
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The reality is that Durham will leave so many important questions and resolved.

— we know that intel contractors were abusing the fisa search query database to spy on Americans leading up to the 2016 election. A fisa judge wrote a report saying >80% of searches were of Americans and illegal. The nsa caught wind of this and shut it down. Magically, the wife of Glenn Simpson (owner of fusion gps) met with Obama the next day and the dossier appeared to continue to spy operation-/ this time “legally” through the fisa court. Who were these contractors? Why weren’t they punished? Who were they spying on? You can almost guarantee that Nellie ohr (wife of Bruce ohr- doj) who was working for fusion gps was among those using her access for spying on trump.

—Clinton and her people had her paws on every single major piece of information. The dossier, the Alfa bank-trump tower story, the trump tower meeting, etc. her Allie’s turned out to be the sources of the dossier… why didn’t this end up in the mueller report? Why didn’t anyone sniff this out from day 1 and shut down the investigation? Everyone interviewed feigns ignorance…

Who told mifsud to meet with papadapolous? It was, without a doubt, western intel. Why were we forcing foreign spies into the orbit of trump associates to give the illusion of collusion? The same holds true for papadapolous’s meeting with tawil, downer, halper, etc. why did the fbi show up to arrest papadapolous after their asset (tawil) tried to plant 10k on him in cypress? How could they possibly know unless they were involved?

— after agents interviewed steeles primary source, figured out it was a democrat from dc who said it was all fake… how did the investigation not end there? Why did they go back to the fisa court and sign off on additional spy warrants saying the info was verified and the source was credible?

Durham tried to pretend that some people outside of the govt (Sussman, danchenko) tried to fool the fbi all on their own to get them to investigate a political opponent… and that the fbi, with their unlimited tech and resources, fell for it. That’s why the whole investigation took place…

No rational person believes that, and that’s why those trials failed. Any indivisible “lie” could be explained away, but when the whole story is pieces together and intros actions are considered, it was all one big coordinated effort.
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Originally Posted By rampagefc77
The reality is that Durham will leave so many important questions and resolved.

— we know that intel contractors were abusing the fisa search query database to spy on Americans leading up to the 2016 election. A fisa judge wrote a report saying >80% of searches were of Americans and illegal. The nsa caught wind of this and shut it down. Magically, the wife of Glenn Simpson (owner of fusion gps) met with Obama the next day and the dossier appeared to continue to spy operation-/ this time “legally” through the fisa court. Who were these contractors? Why weren’t they punished? Who were they spying on? You can almost guarantee that Nellie ohr (wife of Bruce ohr- doj) who was working for fusion gps was among those using her access for spying on trump.

—Clinton and her people had her paws on every single major piece of information. The dossier, the Alfa bank-trump tower story, the trump tower meeting, etc. her Allie’s turned out to be the sources of the dossier… why didn’t this end up in the mueller report? Why didn’t anyone sniff this out from day 1 and shut down the investigation? Everyone interviewed feigns ignorance…

Who told mifsud to meet with papadapolous? It was, without a doubt, western intel. Why were we forcing foreign spies into the orbit of trump associates to give the illusion of collusion? The same holds true for papadapolous’s meeting with tawil, downer, halper, etc. why did the fbi show up to arrest papadapolous after their asset (tawil) tried to plant 10k on him in cypress? How could they possibly know unless they were involved?

— after agents interviewed steeles primary source, figured out it was a democrat from dc who said it was all fake… how did the investigation not end there? Why did they go back to the fisa court and sign off on additional spy warrants saying the info was verified and the source was credible?

Durham tried to pretend that some people outside of the govt (Sussman, danchenko) tried to fool the fbi all on their own to get them to investigate a political opponent… and that the fbi, with their unlimited tech and resources, fell for it. That’s why the whole investigation took place…

No rational person believes that, and that’s why those trials failed. Any indivisible “lie” could be explained away, but when the whole story is pieces together and intros actions are considered, it was all one big coordinated effort.
You were turning cartwheels when corrupt Barr appointed Durham. And now that he's found jack squat, even though he tried to come forward with unverified sources causing his #1 to quit, you're still prattling on about the CT bs you read and spewing it out as if it's fact?

Da phuk is wrong with your brain boy? Durham's been at it for over 3 years. If there was any there there, he'd have found it or at least made it up.

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Trump in jail? Did they get him yet?

Or are the walls still closing in.
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Originally Posted By SillieBazzillie
You were turning cartwheels when corrupt Barr appointed Durham. And now that he's found jack squat, even though he tried to come forward with unverified sources causing his #1 to quit, you're still prattling on about the CT bs you read and spewing it out as if it's fact?

Da phuk is wrong with your brain boy? Durham's been at it for over 3 years. If there was any there there, he'd have found it or at least made it up.

Cultist gonna cult all day err day.
I thought that preserving the investigation despite Biden taking over would be a good thing. In hindsight, it was to lock up key documents so that trump couldn’t publicly release on the way out. Barr and Durham said the right things things along the way regarding the illegal surveillance and origins of the investigation… but when nothing came out by the time of the election (and when clinesmith got no jail time for manufacturing and altering evidence to secure a spy warrant), the writing was on the wall. I told you at election time that Durham failed and now he was part of the cover up. I was right.
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Originally Posted By rampagefc77
I thought that preserving the investigation despite Biden taking over would be a good thing. In hindsight, it was to lock up key documents so that trump couldn’t publicly release on the way out. Barr and Durham said the right things things along the way regarding the illegal surveillance and origins of the investigation… but when nothing came out by the time of the election (and when clinesmith got no jail time for manufacturing and altering evidence to secure a spy warrant), the writing was on the wall. I told you at election time that Durham failed and now he was part of the cover up. I was right.
lolololololololol

The amount of cope you spew out is hysterical. So Durham and Barr were saviors until they couldn't find the evidence to back up your CT theories...I mean "covered up" for the deep state. Do you have any idea how insane you sound? Those two were Trump toadies through and through until the Orange Moron kept on lying about a stolen election. Here's some reading material for you boyo. Maybe it will wake you up from your CT haze...although that's extremely doubtful.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/u...ssia-barr.html
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Originally Posted By monty097
Trump in jail? Did they get him yet?

Or are the walls still closing in.
Not jail, prison. Federal prison. And you kinda have to get indicted first etc. But it's still funny watching Trumpers defend him by asking the same stupid question for years as if he must be innocent because he isn't in "jail" yet. Derp




Originally Posted By SillieBazzillie
lolololololololol

The amount of cope you spew out is hysterical. So Durham and Barr were saviors until they couldn't find the evidence to back up your CT theories...I mean "covered up" for the deep state. Do you have any idea how insane you sound? Those two were Trump toadies through and through until the Orange Moron kept on lying about a stolen election. Here's some reading material for you boyo. Maybe it will wake you up from your CT haze...although that's extremely doubtful.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/u...ssia-barr.html
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I was definitely duped by this one. I figured (hoped) he would at least uncover some very problematic "mistakes" from the Russia non sense and bring them to light.
What are you on about mate?
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Originally Posted By SillieBazzillie
lolololololololol

The amount of cope you spew out is hysterical. So Durham and Barr were saviors until they couldn't find the evidence to back up your CT theories...I mean "covered up" for the deep state. Do you have any idea how insane you sound? Those two were Trump toadies through and through until the Orange Moron kept on lying about a stolen election. Here's some reading material for you boyo. Maybe it will wake you up from your CT haze...although that's extremely doubtful.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/u...ssia-barr.html
Given the amount of information bivouac corruption that had already seeped into the public space, Barr ultimately took the path of protecting politicians and the institutions instead of exposing what took place. He appeased people who were aware of what happened and demanded accountability by saying the right things and “putting people on it.” Horowitz looked into it, but we ended up with a watered down report that neglected all of the questions I asked above. Then Barr gave it to Durham, who ran out the clock. With the amount of info already in the public space, Durham should have had just a few pointed questions for a few people. The case should have taken 6 months max. The only purpose of it lasting as long as it did, and him only going after peripheral figures while pretending all of the intentional acts of intel were because they were duped, was just to compartmentalize the info so that it would be sheltered from inquiry. Them raiding trump was because trump declassified russiagate stuff and took documents with him.

Everything I write on the topic can be proven and it is all logically consistent. To pretend that it didn’t take place and everyone was just doing their job appropriately would require you to ignore 90% of what took place. But I’m the CTer…
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Originally Posted By OrdoAbchao
I was definitely duped by this one. I figured (hoped) he would at least uncover some very problematic "mistakes" from the Russia non sense and bring them to light.
What do you mean?.... investigating the investigators ALWAYS works out.
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Originally Posted By rampagefc77
Given the amount of information bivouac corruption that had already seeped into the public space, Barr ultimately took the path of protecting politicians and the institutions instead of exposing what took place. He appeased people who were aware of what happened and demanded accountability by saying the right things and “putting people on it.” Horowitz looked into it, but we ended up with a watered down report that neglected all of the questions I asked above. Then Barr gave it to Durham, who ran out the clock. With the amount of info already in the public space, Durham should have had just a few pointed questions for a few people. The case should have taken 6 months max. The only purpose of it lasting as long as it did, and him only going after peripheral figures while pretending all of the intentional acts of intel were because they were duped, was just to compartmentalize the info so that it would be sheltered from inquiry. Them raiding trump was because trump declassified russiagate stuff and took documents with him.

Everything I write on the topic can be proven and it is all logically consistent. To pretend that it didn’t take place and everyone was just doing their job appropriately would require you to ignore 90% of what took place. But I’m the CTer…
Why didn't Durham "prove it" then? Your only response is that these two shills from Trump were somehow protecting the deep state? Are you aware how insane that sounds? Barr LITERALLY appointed the guy to find chit on the investigators. But you think he changed course and PROTECTED the investigators?

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Originally Posted By Phil9
Right-wing copium in this thread is beyond hilarious. Sad!
What is there to cope about? An investigation most of us didn't know was happening didn't find evidence of the FBI making up the Russia hoaxes? It would be like finding out I have an uncle I didn't know about who died last week, and he didn't leave me any money. Huh, ok. Pass the ketchup please.
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Originally Posted By NYPat
What do you mean?.... investigating the investigators ALWAYS works out.
Yeah, I had my hopium blinders on. Looking back on it I was a moron to think that Durham would come out and make our intelligence agencies look foolish (at best) or criminal.
What are you on about mate?
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