05-17-2023, 12:27 PM
(05-17-2023, 11:41 AM)BIGDADDYFROMCINCINNATI Wrote: This was a big nothing burger, and nothing more. Durham's report makes no criminal charges against anyone. Durham's two attempts to bring charges during the investigation both resulted in acquittals. His report doesn't find any objective wrong in any of the actions by the DoJ or FBI, but instead offers subjective ways that he feels, IN HIS OPINION, things should have been handled differently - all while evading the fact that regardless of why the investigation began (the Steele Dossier) the Russia probe DID, in fact, produce multiple arrests, reveal multiple crimes, and ultimately did not rely on the Steele Dossier as anything more than a tip.
Durham complains that they should have known the Dossier was flawed and not investigated based on it. But, the truth is, there was no way to know it was flawed without investigating it, and those investigations bore fruit that led to many convictions.
In fact, the only reason why it didn't lead to Obstruction of Justice charges on Donald Trump was b/c Donald Trump's corrupt AG, Bill Barr, wouldn't go that far and cited a DOJ memo that a sitting president cannot be criminally indicted. In 2019, there was a DOJ IG report that corroborated the involvement with the Russian government. Read the DOJ IG's report. The IG’s job is only to review all actions taken during the investigation and verify DOJ policies were followed. Very importantly for keeping bias out of IG reports, the reports are not about judging the decisions made, but solely whether DOJ decision guidelines were followed. Durham appears to be at odds with it, but that is just his OPINION that appears to be the only thing that's partisan. So nice try but the facts remain there was reason to investigate and impeach Trump, charge him with obstruction, and convict Manafort, Flynn, and Stone.
This is a lot of words to say you're ignoring the results of the Durham probe because it doesn't jive with your political leanings.
