Lawmakers Call for Inquiry Into Durham's Review of Russia Investigation

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/politics/durham-barr-russia-investigation.html

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WASHINGTON — Two House Democrats urged the Justice Department’s independent inspector general on Wednesday to open an investigation into the special counsel review of the Russia inquiry, citing “alarming” disclosures in a recent New York Times article.

The article, which showed how the special counsel’s review became roiled by disputes over prosecutorial ethics, “reveals possible prosecutorial misconduct, abuse of power, ethical transgressions and a potential cover-up of an allegation of a financial crime committed by the former president,” the lawmakers wrote. In a four-page letter to the inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, they asked that he scrutinize whether the special counsel, John H. Durham, or the attorney general who appointed him, William P. Barr, “violated any laws, D.O.J. rules or practices, or canons of legal ethics.”

A spokesman for Mr. Durham declined to comment.

Because Democrats are in the minority in the House, the two lawmakers — Representatives Ted Lieu of California and Dan Goldman of New York — lack the power to convene their own oversight hearings into the matter. But on Monday, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, suggested that he would hold oversight hearings into Mr. Durham’s inquiry along with other aspects of how the Trump administration handled the Justice Department.

The report is “but one of many instances where former President Trump and his allies weaponized the Justice Department,” Mr. Durbin said in a statement, adding that his committee would “do its part and take a hard look at these repeated episodes, and the regulations and policies that enabled them, to ensure such abuses of power cannot happen again.”

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. That's right, mofos. You waste public money on your witch hunts or obstruction of justice,

and expect to face the reaper.

[gab13by13]

2. The IG needs to investigate

Barr giving Durham the financial information that the Italian government gave to Barr. The IG also needs to investigate the information the Italians provided.

[Takket]

3. so they want to investigate the investigators of the investigation?

Where does that end? What if the rethugs want to investigate whoever that is?

What should have happened is when Garland took over he should have resumed the Mueller investigation with a new person in charge. And there should be a fresh investigation into what the hell was going on in the FBI new york office and if anyone other than McGonigal (sp?) needs to be arrested.

The Durham investigation ended in absolute disgrace for all involved with one trial on some minor incidental offenses that itself resulted in an acquittal. I think everyone knows that was all bullshit and their inability to cobble together any kind of charges proves it. The entire thing was just for show to "give the impression" that we are investigating this whole "Russia hoax" and make people believe something "wrong" was done. Maybe they'll turn up something here that can be used to make a new law? or convict Barr? I don't know, but it seems a real long shot that you're going to be able to find hard evidence.

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