It’s the kind of reporting that confirms how ugly the ‘underbelly of politics,’ especially in America, truly is – day-in and day-out.
Point of fact, it’s much more sophisticated and much worse than we generally imagine.
Played out at the highest levels of power!!!
This time, to NO surprise, the story centers around Donald John Trump and his obsession with the investigation into his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia being a witch hunt.
If you remember, back in 2019, prompted – almost daily – by Trump, Attorney General “Fat Billy” Barr set out 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, Billy turned to a hard-nosed prosecutor named John Durham, and later granted him special counsel status to carry on after the Orange Despot left office.
Now, after almost four years – far longer than the Russia investigation itself – Durham’s work is coming to an end without uncovering anything like the deep state plot!!! alleged by Boy Orange and suspected by “Fat Billy.”
With ALL that being said, late yesterday afternoon, we learned – through some intrepid reporting by the New York Times – that the main thrust of the Durham inquiry was marked by some glaring flaws including a strained justification for opening it and its role in fueling partisan conspiracy theories that would NEVER be charged in court, and, more importantly, that Trump allies claim characterized the Russia investigation.
Interviews by The Times with more than a dozen current and former officials revealed an array of previously unreported episodes that show how the Durham inquiry became roiled by internal dissent and ethical disputes as it went unsuccessfully down one path after another even as Trump and “Fat Billy” promoted a misleading narrative of its progress.
Whom amongst us is shocked??!!!?
There were deeper internal fractures on the Durham team than previously known. The publicly unexplained resignation , in 2020, of Durham’s number 2 and longtime aide, Nora Dannehy, was the culmination of a series of disputes between them over prosecutorial ethics.
The Times also reports Barr and Durham NEVER disclosed that their inquiry expanded in the Fall of 2019, based on a tip from Italian officials, that included a criminal investigation into suspicious financial dealings!!! related to Trump [he’s a very dirty boy!]; the specifics of the tip and how they handled the investigation remain unclear, but Durham brought NO charges over it.
At the very least, Merrick Garland has an obligation to find out what happened to the investigation of Trump’s financial dealings. and reveal the results to the American people [recognizing a vast majority of the MAGA crowd would find the contents too complex and nuanced to even attempt to digest!!!!!!!!!].
The depth and speed with which the MAGA corruption infiltrated our government is profound. We are still NOT cured of this virus, notably, as the House of Representatives is led by this pustulant infection, and that justice has horrifically still NOT been brought to bear on the corrupt previous administration.
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