{"id":1975594,"date":"2023-07-17T19:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T23:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-to-brief-congress-on-durham-inquiry-findings\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T20:00:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:00:48","slug":"deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-to-brief-congress-on-durham-inquiry-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-to-brief-congress-on-durham-inquiry-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy AG Lisa Monaco to update Congress on Durham inquiry results."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-to-brief-congress-on-durham-inquiry-findings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EXCLUSIVE: Deputy Attorney General\u2062 Lisa \u200bMonaco \u2063to Brief \u2062House\u200b Judiciary Committee\u2064 on\u200d Durham Report<\/h2>\n<p>Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco\u200b is \u200dset \u2062to deliver\u200c an\u200d exclusive\u2063 briefing to \u200bthe\u2063 House \u200dJudiciary \u200cCommittee\u200d on Tuesday, providing insights into special counsel\u200d John \u2064Durham&#8217;s \u200creport \u2062from May \u2062and\u200d other important matters within the Justice Department,\u200d according\u2064 to \u200dsources familiar\u200c with\u2062 the\u200b committee&#8217;s\u2062 plans.<\/p>\n<p>The highly-anticipated briefing,\u200b scheduled\u200b for 2 p.m., will\u200b be held behind\u200c closed doors. It \u200ccomes \u200bas \u2063a response to \u2062committee \u200cChairman\u2062 Jim\u200d Jordan&#8217;s\u2063 request in June for Monaco \u200dto address \u200bthe\u2064 corrective actions \u200ctaken \u200cby\u2063 the \u200cdepartment following \u2064Durham&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<h3>Committee&#8217;s Focus \u200don\u2064 Legislative\u200c Reforms<\/h3>\n<p>Jordan\u200b emphasized\u2064 the \u200bneed\u2063 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-judiciary-committee-holds-hearing-on-voting-rights-act\/\" title=\"House Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Voting Rights Act\">legislative reforms<\/a>\u2064 to the FBI, stating, \u2063&#8221;It is clear that\u2062 Congress \u2064must consider \u2062legislative \u2062reforms\u200c to the FBI, \u2064and the Committee has \u2063been\u200b engaged \u2064in\u2064 robust\u200d oversight to inform \u2062those legislative proposals.&#8221;\u2064 He further expressed concerns\u2062 about the\u200d FBI&#8217;s documented\u200c political bias \u2062and\u200c urged\u2063 the\u2064 Justice \u200dDepartment to\u200c prevent any ongoing \u200cinvestigations\u2064 from being tainted \u2062by \u2064such \u200dpoliticization.<\/p>\n<p>Durham&#8217;s \u2064report,\u200d while\u2063 not \u200dfinding evidence of \u2062political\u2062 bias,\u200d did \u200bhighlight potential confirmation bias \u200cin\u200c favor\u2064 of continued scrutiny \u2062of \u200bTrump. The\u200b report concluded\u2064 that\u2062 the\u200d FBI\u2062 had\u2063 improperly initiated its investigation\u2064 into alleged \u2063collusion between \u2063Trump&#8217;s campaign \u2064and Russia\u2062 during the \u200c2016 election.<\/p>\n<h3>Failures \u2062in the Crossfire\u2063 Hurricane Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>The FBI&#8217;s \u2063investigation, known \u2062as Crossfire\u200d Hurricane, failed \u200cto \u2062uncover substantial \u2064evidence\u2063 of \u2064Trump-Russia collusion. \u200cSubsequent \u200dinquiries by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">inspector general<\/a> and \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-to-brief-congress-on-durham-inquiry-findings\/\" title=\"Deputy AG Lisa Monaco to update Congress on Durham inquiry results.\">special\u2063 counsel revealed\u200d significant\u2062 failures<\/a>, including the\u2062 wrongful use\u2062 of\u200c the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance\u200d Act.<\/p>\n<p>Durham&#8217;s \u2062report\u2062 aligned with\u2063 these\u2062 findings, concluding\u2064 that \u2062both the\u2062 Department and \u200cthe FBI had failed to uphold their\u200d duty\u200b of \u2062strict fidelity\u200b to \u2063the \u200claw in\u2062 certain events and activities.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan&#8217;s\u2063 Letter\u200b and Request for\u2064 Remedial \u200dMeasures<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d his\u200c letter\u200b to the\u2062 Justice\u2063 Department, Jordan\u2062 specifically \u2064requested Monaco&#8217;s\u200d insights\u2063 into the\u200b &#8220;remedial\u200b measures&#8221; taken\u200c by the department\u200c to\u2063 address the misconduct \u200doutlined in Durham&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department has \u2063not yet provided a\u2062 comment on the \u200cmatter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click\u200b here<\/a>\u2062 to\u2063 read\u200c more \u2064from The Washington\u200b Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco will privately brief the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday regarding special counsel John Durham&#8217;s May report and other Justice Department issues. The closed-door briefing, scheduled for 2 p.m., is a response to Chairman Jim Jordan&#8217;s request. 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