John Durham Just Made False Statements to Congress

[FSogol]

In a subsequent exchange with Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), Durham misled the committee about another key element of the Trump-Russia scandal. McClintock observed that the “central charge in the Russia collusion hoax was that Trump campaign operatives were in contact with Russian intelligence sources.”

Replying to that remark, Durham said, “There was no such evidence.”

That’s not true.

While running Trump’s campaign in the summer of 2016, Manafort had regular contact with Konstantin Kilimnik, a former Manafort employee in Ukraine who has been repeatedly identified by US government officials as a Russian agent.

In a detailed, bipartisan 2020 report, the Senate Intelligence Committee, then chaired by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, called Kilimnik “a Russian intelligence officer.” A year earlier, the Mueller report said, “The FBI…assesses that Kilimnik has ties to Russian intelligence.” The US Treasury in 2021 declared Kilimnik was a “known Russian Intelligence Services agent implementing influence operations on their behalf.” The department added, “During the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, Kilimnik provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive information on polling and campaign strategy.” In 2018, Mueller indicted Kilimnik on charges of obstruction of justice.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/john-durham-just-made-false-statements-to-congress/

[SoFlaBro]

1. Time to lock his motherfucking ass up!

n/t

[Johonny]

2. Basically Trumps ten counts of obstruction of justice

Prevented knowing how deeply the attempt of Russia to establish ties with Trump's campaign were.

It's generally thought Trump was too incompetent to address Russia's attempts to collude.

[TheRealNorth]

3. Until the DOJ presses charges....

IOKIYAR.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Who is surprised by this?

[crickets]

5. Absolutely no one.

Does anyone think Jim Jordan will call him out for it? Nah...

[UTUSN]

6. K&R