Special Counsel John Durham released his final report Monday after more than three years investigating the Russia collusion probe, dubbed “Operation Crossfire Hurricane”.
In his 306-page report, he concluded that neither the FBI nor the Intelligence Community had any actual evidence when it opened up the investigation into President Trump’s campaign.
Sean Davis, co-founder and CEO of The Federalist, obtained a copy of the report before it was officially released and posted some of the highlights in a Twitter thread.
“Special prosecutor John Durham concluded that ‘neither U.S. nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation’,” Davis wrote.
Davis pulled a quote from the report that stated the bureau had exactly zero evidence that anyone in the Trump campaign had been in contact with Russian Intelligence Officials:
“FBI records prepared by [Peter] Strzok in February and March 2017 show that at the time of the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI had no information in its holdings indicating that at any time during the campaign anyone in the Trump [campaign] had been in contact with any Russian intelligence officials.”
From the report:
FBI records prepared by Strzok in February and March 2017 show that at the time of the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI had no information in its holdings indicating that at any time during the campaign anyone in the Trump campaign had been in contact with any Russian intelligence officials.
According to Davis, the report confirms that the FBI attempted and failed to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on George Papadopoulos.
Davis also noted that the FBI could not corroborate any details or allegations contained in the Steele dossier:
Conservative commentator Greg Price added that the report found that every top Obama administration member – including then-VP Joe Biden – was briefed in 2016 by then-CIA Director John Brennan on Hillary Clinton’s plan to create the fake story linking Trump to Russia:
Just the News reported:
Special Counsel John Durham released a damning final report Monday after more than three years investigating the Russia collusion probe, declaring the FBI had no verified intelligence or evidence when it opened up the Crossfire Hurricane probe of President Donald Trump’s campaign in the summer of 2016.
“Neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,” Durham wrote in a 300-plus page report sent to Congress and others and obtained by Just the News. DOJ was slated to make the report public later Monday.
The prosecutor faulted the FBI and Justice Department for failing to follow their own standards and allowing a probe to persist, including the surveillance of an American citizen without basis under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
“Based on the review of Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we concluded the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described in this report,” Durham wrote.
You can read the full report HERE, via Just the News.
Following the news, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said he has reached out to the DOJ to have Durham testify “next week.”
