Durham report reveals politicization in Trump-Russia probe: Ex-Assistant AG Jeff Clark.

Special Counsel Report Reveals Deeply Politicized FBI Investigation into Trump Campaign

Legal analyst Jeffrey Clark has stated that Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the origins of the FBI’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign leaves little room for doubt that the investigative process was deeply politicized. Durham’s 316-page report, published on Monday, concluded that FBI officials pursued the investigation into the Trump campaign, dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane,” without much analytical rigor and often with minimal concern for factual accuracy. The report also revealed that some of the FBI officials involved in the investigation had “pronounced hostile feelings toward Trump,” including Deputy Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Peter Strzok.

Obama and High-Ranking Officials Aware of Clinton Campaign Plan to Vilify Trump

The Durham report also revealed that former President Barack Obama and key high-ranking Justice Department and intelligence community officials were aware that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was pursuing a plan “to vilify Trump” by tying him to the Russian government. Specifically, Obama was present at an Aug. 3, 2016, White House briefing with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former FBI Director Jim Comey, and former CIA Director John Brennan. According to declassified notes Brennan took at the meeting, he briefed those in attendance about the Clinton campaign plan to smear Trump.

“A Massive Politicization of the Process”

Clark told NTD’s “Capitol Report” host Steve Lance that the revelations in the Durham report amounted to “a massive politicization of the process.” Dr. Steven Allen, the vice chairman of the Conservative Caucus, described the report’s findings in even starker terms, stating that “The FBI had tried a coup that ultimately really was successful because Trump would have been reelected if this had not happened.” Allen noted communications between Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, in which the pair described stopping Trump from becoming president and having an “insurance policy” in the “unlikely” event that Trump did win the election.

Allegations of Collusion and Viral Acceptance

Allegations of collusion between Trump and the Russian government had served as a premise for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate the Trump administration. That special counsel investigation continued through the first two years of Trump’s four-year presidential term. Allen also noted that the claim that Trump had colluded with the Russian government was an idea that eventually gained viral acceptance, becoming the subject of regular news coverage, popular memes, and jokes by late-night TV hosts.

FBI Acknowledges Missteps

The FBI has acknowledged that it made “missteps” in its investigation into the Trump campaign, but has stated that it has already corrected these errors. However, the revelations in the Durham report have led to calls for further investigation and accountability.

• Legal analyst Jeffrey Clark has stated that the investigative process was deeply politicized.
• The Durham report revealed that FBI officials pursued the investigation into the Trump campaign without much analytical rigor and often with minimal concern for factual accuracy.
• The report also revealed that some of the FBI officials involved in the investigation had “pronounced hostile feelings toward Trump.”
• Former President Barack Obama and key high-ranking Justice Department and intelligence community officials were aware that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was pursuing a plan “to vilify Trump” by tying him to the Russian government.
• Dr. Steven Allen, the vice chairman of the Conservative Caucus, described the report’s findings as “a massive politicization of the process.”
• The FBI has acknowledged that it made “missteps” in its investigation into the Trump campaign.