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The Counsel

Note from Elie: Durham Report - Four Years for This?

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Hey everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a very happy Friday

0:35.7

and bringing you this week's podcast on a topic that has come up

0:40.3

several times throughout the year. As you'll see, I have some interesting thoughts that I'm

0:45.2

looking forward to sharing with you. Also, if you get a chance, check out my other podcast,

0:50.0

Up Against the Mob. Season two has now dropped in its entirety. Take a listen.

0:56.3

People seem to have loved this.

0:58.2

I'm hearing lots of great feedback.

1:29.8

So send me yours at Letters atca done. Finally. It took him for years, nearly twice the time spent by the object of his fixation, Robert Mueller, and in the final tally,

1:38.0

Durham used those 1,400-plus days to produce one guilty plea, zero prison sentences, and a 316-page doorstop of a final report.

1:41.9

But before we move on, and we really do need to move on, let's just take a

1:46.4

moment for a post-mortem. Now, Durham's work as special counsel breaks down into two parts,

1:52.0

the findings, and then the actual criminal prosecutions. On the former, we knew from the start

1:58.6

what Durham would find. Robert Mueller wrapped up his work back in the

2:02.3

spring of 2019. He concluded that Russia did try to interfere in the 2016 election to help Trump win,

2:09.2

that there were, quote, numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, end

2:13.6

quote, and that the Trump campaign knew about Russian election interference and, quote, expected it would

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