Report: Barr’s Own Selected Prosecutor Rejected ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theory

on January 29, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Attorney General William Barr arrives on Capitol Hill for a meeting on January 29, 2019. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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A draft of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report reportedly states that U.S. Attorney John Durham did not find evidence to support the right-wing conspiracy theory that the FBI’s Russia investigation was an effort to take down President Donald Trump.

The Washington Post reported on Wednesday evening that Durham, whom Attorney General Bill Barr had appointed to investigate the origins of the FBI’s probe, told Horowitz his investigation did not turn up evidence that Maltese professor Joseph Mifsud was a secret intelligence operative who entrapped Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, as Trump’s allies have alleged.

The Post acknowledged the limitations of its report, with a litany of caveats:

The draft, though, is not final. The inspector general has yet to release any conclusions, and The Washington Post has not reviewed Horowitz’s entire report, even in draft form. It is also unclear if Durham has shared the entirety of his findings and evidence with the inspector general, or merely answered a specific question.

Though it seems that Horowitz’s finding will largely debunk Trump and other conservatives’ claims that the FBI improperly launched the Russia investigation in an anti-Trump setup, Barr reportedly doesn’t agree with the report.

Horowitz’s report will be released on December 9.

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  1. Avatar for pine pine says:

    " Barr reportedly doesn’t agree with the report."

    "To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.

    Suzanne Gordon, "
  2. Of course Barr disagrees, the report won’t say what he wants and he can’t do anything about it besides complain. That won’t stop him from trying to use propaganda to sink it, just like he did with the Mueller report…Barr will do anything to support the right wing takeover of America, and the truth just gets in his way.

    Be ready, we will see a ton of spin from Republicans next week as they regurgitate Russian propaganda…that really should turn every American’s stomach, watching a party decide to join with a nation that has been our enemy for decades in their pursuit of power is just wrong.

  3. A draft of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report reportedly states that U.S. Attorney John Durham did not find evidence to support the right-wing conspiracy theory that the FBI’s Russia investigation was an effort to take down President Donald Trump.

    This really should be candidate Donald Trump.
    And Mein Gott when you have so many people connected to Russians, originally caught up with Russians trying to turn you (Carter Page), then why wouldn’t the FBI investigate? Because not only are Russians from another country but ‘Russians’ is also code for Russian Mob. Trump’s from NYC, he was a builder, Russians were intertwined in his business dealings, hence the FBI needed to figure out if it was foreign meddling or Mob meddling.

  4. Well this is what he said yesterday:

    Speaking to a roomful of police officers and prosecutors on Tuesday, Attorney General William P. Barr drew a parallel between protests against soldiers during the Vietnam War and demonstrations against law enforcement today.

    But this time, he suggested, those who don’t show “respect” to authority could lose access to police services.


    Can he signal any more clearly that he supports a right wing takeover of America?

  5. Will Barr have the opportunity to “summarize” and redact the report before its release?

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